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2016, The Conversation
Spending excessive time, often repeatedly and aimlessly, on social media can be called an addiction. In fact, social media could even be seen to have become a national obsession and Australians appear to be addicted. This addiction is not limited to Australia but spans the globe. Try an e-fasting plan.
Outline of common symptoms associated with social media addiction.
THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY INNOVATIONS AND RESEARCH, 2019
Social media is no doubt an innovation that has so much influenced the world. Its impact on businesses, information dissemination, products marketing, entertainment, leisure, inclusive democracy and e-governance is commendable. The development of social media apps for mobile phones and tablets which allows photos and videos to be uploaded easily to social media accounts as well as instant notifications alerts have left so many people with no option than to check their social media account intermittently. In addition, the social media design which allows for continuous scrolling of pages have lure many users into social media addiction. Uncontrolled use of social media has impacted negatively on people’s lives and families. It is believed that setting one’s priority right, spending more time with friends and families and responding to people are some of the panacea for social media addictions. This paper reviews articles, personal opinions and collates relevant data on the usage of social media; the impact of social media in the world; criteria for measuring social media addiction; recommendations on the proper usage of social media ; the effects of excessive use and how to recover from social media addiction.
BRAIN. Broad Research in Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience
In the last 20 years, computer technology has developed rapidly, and internet-based social networks (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, WeChat, or Twitter) have proliferated even faster, becoming a very important part of people's lives. But in recent years, a dependence to these sites has emerged, called by many authors social media addiction. In the present study, we aim to analyze if there really is an addiction to social media networks, what are its demographic aspects, which are the health problems that occur in these addicted people, and how to intervene therapeutically in these cases. Currently, social media addiction is not recognized as a disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but is considered more of a behavioral addiction or a subtype of Internet addiction. If we look at this matter from an anthropological and philosophical point of view, such type of addiction can originate in what is related to the specificity of man in the contemporary world....
In book: Academic Studies in Social, Human and Administrative Sciences - I, Volume 1Publisher: Gece Publishing, 2020
Excessive and compulsive SNS addiction have negative and positive consequences, and there are some methods that can be used to deal with it. In this chapter, the overview of social media addiction will be explained in detail with most recent literature and developments that SNSs addiction can be grasped more deeply. Usage purposes, personal traits, consequences, assessment methods, interventions are to be explained and categorized in order to understand the SNSs addiction.
Facebook has rapidly grown to become the most popular social network of all time. The website now plays an integral role in the social lives of many of its users and is even cited as an indispensable tool. Against this backdrop, early signs point towards an unhealthy relationship between the website and some of its users. Aims The study aims to test a number of hypotheses surrounding the usage types and levels of addiction of the users of Facebook. Chiefly of these, the study aims to determine whether users are aware of their addiction, through side-by-side comparison of established addiction criteria and a self assessment question. Methods A questionnaire was developed, based on the Bergen instrument for rating addiction, together with demographic, usage and a single self assessment addiction question. A request to complete the questionnaire was dispatched via Twitter, Facebook and using a university email distribution list within the university of Sheffield. In total 475 responses were received. Results A correlation exists between users’ level of addiction based on the Bergen scale and users’ awareness of their addiction. Use of every function within Facebook correlated with addiction. Those who were addicted were more content engaged, functionally engaged and empowered by Facebook. Conclusions The study paves the way for a significant number of further investigations surrounding each aspect of addiction. Generally speaking, those who use Facebook more and use more individual components of the website are more likely to be addicted. Typically users are good at recognising their addiction.
Golden Meteorite Price, 2021
The 21st Century is full of new technological and industrial changes, which affect people’s everyday lives worldwide. Internet is spreading and evolving, containing various advantages and benefits as well as devastating disadvantages. You can find answers to any question or ask for help and know the majority’s opinion on critical issues. However, the time you spend online may at times be a waste. Alternatively, it can lead to online addiction because of the fun and entertainment features the Internet offers. In this book, you will find answers to questions like What is Online Addiction and what is its impact on humans. Can we treat online addictions, and what beholds us in the future with the continuous rise in Social Media? The answers to these questions and more you will discover in the book Online Addiction.
2017
Over 100 social network sites are currently available to the Internet users, and this number is continuously increasing. A real paradigmatic shift in the realm of communication could be described by switching from off-line, real-world, to on-line communication, through the use of laptops, cell phones, tablets etc. Therefore, interpersonal exchange of information has become more and more technologymediated, and this aspect of the contemporary culture is not without consequences in more domains than the usual, daily, conversation. Psychometric instruments for the measuring social network sites addiction have been created and applied in variated cultures and population. Mechanisms of reward and gratification are the most supported pathogenetic substrates of social network sites addiction. A number of demographic variables and personality factors have been associated with a higher risk for this behavioural addiction. Reliable data about social network sites addiction treatment are lacki...
2018
Along with cheap internet recharge facilities and diffusion of smartphones in India in the recent past, social networking sites like Facebook has become immensely popular in India. Google is gradually replacing libraries and internet is replacing field based games and sports of children. After nearly seven decades of the invention of the Internet, the million dollar question that perhaps looms large on the users is the addictive behavior emanating out of prolonged use of the medium.Excessive Facebook usage or social media networking use may lead to syndromes like Facebook Addiction Disorder which is similar to any kind of substance abuse.However, in a developing country like India, there is a digital divide among information haves and have nots.The diffusion of the social media among the youths has been an emerging phenomenon in the society and little academic study has been done so far to dissect the problems of addiction to new media and suggest corrective measures in a developing...
ArXiv, 2020
In March 2018, a series of anti-social and racial riots in Sri Lanka led to a government-controlled ban of all social media use in the country for 14 days. This nation-wide ban included the use of all social media such as Facebook, Twitter and communication apps like WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat. Until the day of the sanctions, a population of 23 million in Sri Lanka had never experienced government sanctions, restrictions or interventions on social media use. This sudden ban provided a unique window of opportunity to investigate social media non-use and use and how it might lead to psychological distress. Using a longitudinal study design of two surveys, analyzing data of 476 and 205 respectively, this study makes insightful preliminary observations of social media non-use and use continuum.
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