Addiction: Social Media and People
Addiction
Addiction can be a scary word sometimes depending on the source. Most people think of drugs or alcohol when they think of addiction. But the kind of addiction I’m talking about is addiction to social media. Most people think, “It’s not that bad, right? They just like to be on their computer a lot.” People think it makes them more social because they are always talking to someone or playing games with someone. Addiction to social media, like drugs or alcohol, can be very damaging to a person.
Let’s start off with some definitions, Addiction is the continued repetition of a behavior despite adverse consequences, or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors. Social Media are forms of electronic communication (such as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos).
Social media addiction usually refers to someone spending way too much time using Twitter, Facebook and other types of social media. They use it so much that it interferes with the other aspects of your daily life (Walker). “(…) a social networking addict could be considered someone with a compulsion to use social media to excess--constantly checking Facebook status updates or "stalking" people 's profiles on Facebook, for example, for hours on end” (Walker). She says it is hard to tell when a fondness for this activity turns into you being dependent on it and becomes a damaging habit or addiction (Walker). “Researchers at Chicago University concluded that social media addiction can be stronger than addiction to cigarettes and booze following an experiment in which they recorded the cravings of several hundred people for several weeks. Media cravings ranked ahead of cravings for cigarettes and alcohol (Walker).
How you know if you are addicted:
“1. Your cell phone becomes your number one accessory. If it 's attached to your hip 24/7 and you wish it was
Addiction can be a scary word sometimes depending on the source. Most people think of drugs or alcohol when they think of addiction. But the kind of addiction I’m talking about is addiction to social media. Most people think, “It’s not that bad, right? They just like to be on their computer a lot.” People think it makes them more social because they are always talking to someone or playing games with someone. Addiction to social media, like drugs or alcohol, can be very damaging to a person.
Let’s start off with some definitions, Addiction is the continued repetition of a behavior despite adverse consequences, or a neurological impairment leading to such behaviors. Social Media are forms of electronic communication (such as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos).
Social media addiction usually refers to someone spending way too much time using Twitter, Facebook and other types of social media. They use it so much that it interferes with the other aspects of your daily life (Walker). “(…) a social networking addict could be considered someone with a compulsion to use social media to excess--constantly checking Facebook status updates or "stalking" people 's profiles on Facebook, for example, for hours on end” (Walker). She says it is hard to tell when a fondness for this activity turns into you being dependent on it and becomes a damaging habit or addiction (Walker). “Researchers at Chicago University concluded that social media addiction can be stronger than addiction to cigarettes and booze following an experiment in which they recorded the cravings of several hundred people for several weeks. Media cravings ranked ahead of cravings for cigarettes and alcohol (Walker).
How you know if you are addicted:
“1. Your cell phone becomes your number one accessory. If it 's attached to your hip 24/7 and you wish it was
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