Social Media Addiction

Though it started out as a way to keep in touch with friends and family members, social media has become an addiction for so many people. In fact, many people make it a point to detox from social media at least once or twice a year. Many people check their social media apps before

There are many different social media networks, such as: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. Thanks to the social scale, it is almost expected that everyone with cellular devices and laptops are connected to a social media network. The internet causes countless distractions when it comes to students and them paying attention to their lectures in school. Facebook is a peak example of a social media network that has had severe effects on students learning and their lives. Smith (2011) said that once an hour 9 out of 10 British students are distracted by Facebook and Twitter. To some, this type of behavior can be seen as an addiction. I would have to agree, I definitely think that checking social media has become an addiction to most students. When students should be studying or doing their homework they are on social media instead. I can vouch for this because most of the time in my

I agree with everything what Simon Sinek says, we easily allow social media to take advantage of us. We want to always take that short cut to becoming happy, but since it’s a short cut it only lasts for a short amount of time. We can easily become addicted to social media because of dopamine that feeling of feeling good easily makes it hard to break of the addiction. He also said that we are growing in a generation with lower self-esteem, because of social media and the lack of good leadership in this world. For example I used to be honestly addicted to social media, I would come back to Facebook or Instagram as soon I had the chance to see how many likes I got. The second I started to use Instagram and Facebook less, I started to feel less

Social media has negative effects on adolescents who overuse it. It is important as parents or guardians to remember to monitor how much kids use social media and when they use it. As a parent or guardian, you must remember that the disorders kids can get from overusing social media is real. Also remember that the internet isn’t always the safest place for our children. The use of social media can be damaging and it has no benefit. Keep control of your children’s use on social media to avoid these negative effects. The internet does interfere with daily

“Students Addicted to Social Media” and “If We’re All So Darn Sick of You, Facebook, Why Can’t We Quit You?,” written by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda and Simon Dumenco, are two writings outlining different issues that plague users of social media. The International Center for Media and the Public Agenda summarizes their findings following a study they conducted that isolated subjects from social media for 24 hours. They found subjects experiencing feelings of withdrawal, a phenomenon that social media companies prey upon as explained by Simon Dumenco. Dumenco postures that companies such as Facebook will send false notifications to entice users into logging back in. These two ideas combine to paint a picture of an unconditionally constant presence of social media in everyday life, a practice that may be facilitated by explosive social media growth on a mobile platform. Together, these two publications point to problems that may have drastic effects on social media and those who use it.

Nowadays, a lot of people are using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and so on. Since the Internet has propagated rapidly, social media have progressed a lot. The generalization of the internet makes us to live conveniently and fast. People are almost using smart phones, i-phones or comfortable devices which can access to internet. These equipments make us to do social network easily. It helps contact friends, family, and other people even though they live far away. It could be, however, abused, if you don’t use properly. Especially, it is important that we understand and regulate the use of social media by young children.

Social media has become a very prominent part of everyone's life, irrespective of the age group. While social media is very helpful and it is a necessity in everyone's lives, whether it has a positive or negative effect is a debatable topic. Social media definitely plays a very influential role on the psychosocial development of children and youngsters today.

The article “Students Addicted to Social Media” touches base on how students are addicted to the media. A study asked 200 students to be without their phone for 24 hours and the results weren't all that shocking. They responded with jitters and felt miserable just like a person with an addiction to drugs would respond. A student admit he was addicted to his phone and found it sickening, because it had turned into something he needed to have everyday. A student also wrote that “they felt lonely and excluded”, being able to talk to their friends and be on the media apparently gave him comfort somehow. What was intriguing was that students didn't talk to their friends at all, because they didn't have access to their phones. The 18-21 year olds said, “ Their lack of access to text messaging, phone calling, instant messaging, email and facebook meant that they couldn't connect with friends who lived close by, much less those far away”. (404) It is not necessarily the media the students missed, it's the people they text message with everyday and the people they keep up with on social media. It's like they have a bond and they’re tied together. Technology has changed the way humans interact. Instead of having a full conversations in person, teenagers are text messaging each other to communicate with one another. As teenagers we go to school everyday with thousands of people, giving infinite opportunities to interact with others, but students feel the need to stay in touch with

That brings us to the next point, depression. Internet Addiction has many different psychological effects. There are deficits in decision making functions, low self-esteem, potential for obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), ADHD, social phobia, hostility, loss of sense of time, neglect for basic drives, withdrawal, anger, tension, low tolerance (always needing more), frustration, anxiety and irritability. The obsessive-compulsive symptom was found to be an independent factor that influenced the addiction (Jang, 2008). However, depressive symptoms seemed to have the biggest influence on internet addiction.

In this modern era everyone is very into social media. Social media has become a part and parcel of everyone’s life. Even kindergarden students have at least a little knowledge on social media. Social media is defined as a relationship that exist between network and people. A very common and widely used example of social media would be web sites for social networking and microblogging. Examples of utmost used social networking sites are “ Facebook ˮ and “ Twitter ˮ. Nowadays coming across kids on social networking sites has become a norm. Social media is used for many purposes which are to exchange ideas, feelings, personal information, pictures and videos. Social networking sites is one of the most preferable medium for expressing

Facebook seems to be the number one social web site that has the highest addiction count. Facebook has 800 million active users, two billion posts are liked and commented on per day and approximately 10 billion minutes (all together) are logged on the site each day. It is so addictive for so many that is has been said to be as addictive as smoking. Studies have revealed that people feel upset, fidgety and agitated if they are denied access to the internet and their social media sites. Some even stating that they feel lonely, depressed and anxious if they are unable to access their Facebook account.

"I am thankful my childhood was filled with imagination and bruises from playing outside instead of apps and how many likes you get on a picture" (Anonymous). In the 21st century, everyone's lives revolve around the next message or notification received from various social networking websites. It has become a societal norm to be glued to a screen, and face to face conversations are starting to become extinct. This is becoming a global issue as the world is constantly creating new ways to entertain people via technology. Out of all dangers, children are the most at risk when it comes to social media. Social media is extremely problematic to people everywhere because of the constant threat of online bullies, decreased privacy, and sexual

Social media sites can easily become addictive. Due to the advent of the smart phone social media sites are readily accessible twenty-four hours a day. When we are bored, sad, or even angry we can easily reach out to multiple friends on these sites and vent our feelings. These kind of interactions quickly become a normal routine, which can become addicting. Last year, I found myself constantly on the social media site Facebook while at work, home, and even in the restroom. I deactivated my account as it was consuming great lengths of my time. Subsequently, I found that I was picking my phone up to check my Facebook account on an hourly basis before I recalled I deactivated my account. I had not realized how dependent I had become to filling in the quiet moments of my life with social media, and had formed an addiction. However, I was mature enough to prioritize my time so that it did not

In today’s society, teenagers especially use social media and buzz for everything. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Tumblr, Snapchat, Pinterest, and LinkedIn are just some of the million different types of social media used on a daily basis worldwide. Today, people can use social media to reconnect with an old friend, share photos and videos of their lives, find family members, publicize relationships, and so much more. Social media can be great in many aspects, however, one can become dangerously addicted to the social world. In the article Social Media Addiction, Joseph Viola explains the addiction teens have with social media. He states, “Facebook, for

In today’s society almost every individual has some type of social media, whether it is Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, or Twitter, People have accustomed to utilizing these types of social media and it has become part of their life and daily use. According to the essay “Students Addicted to Social Media” by the International Center for Media and Public Agenda, the study from the University of Maryland claims “American college students today are addicted to media” (Signs of Life in the USA 403). The university discovered that when these students are restricted from using media it is similar in terms of drug and alcohol addictions. During the study that the university conducted, students discuss how boring it is without media and how it gives them anxiety about not receiving information through social media. Other students claimed that texting and IM'ing gives them comfort and if they do not have these items then they feel alone and isolated from the world ( Signs of Life in the USA 404). Students are not the only ones who have an addiction of media but also parents and non-students. However, the International Center is accurate in some aspects and the responses students gave are very relatable which some people can agree with.