Social Media Addiction

Continuing my theme of the investigation of the impact of social media on young people, within this blog, I will be discussing obsessions with social media.

As mobile phones and online applications such as social media are now such a common tool throughout day-to-day activities, it can be recognised that many of us are obsessed with social media. The first thing which we hear at the start of the day, and the last thing we see in the evening, tends to be our phones. Therefore, it can be seen that large quantities of the population are addicted to their mobile phones, especially for checking their social media applications.

It can be found that people are so addicted to their phones that they will repeatedly check their phones, even if they have not created alert of notification, just in case they have missed something. As well as doing this, people are obsessed with knowing everything on social media that they will repeatedly sit for lengthy hours, checking and updating their apps. This can be seen as an unhealthy addiction which causes us to waste a lot of time within our days, which could be spent doing other, more important and valuable things. Some people waste so much time on their phones that they cannot bring themselves to switch off from it. Their addictions are far too out of control to know when to stop refreshing their apps.

Therefore, it could be considered that perhaps social media addiction, is just as bad as other addictions such as alcohol and nicotine. There are now actually help groups which assist people with their obsessions with mobile phones and social media. I feel that this highlights exactly how big some people’s problems are with being obsessed with their mobile phones.

It is shocking now that people will spend great amounts of time talking with their friends via social media applications, then when they meet up with their friends in person, they continue to sit and talk to other people via their mobile phone. Therefore, it can be seen that spending time with friends it not the same as what it used to be. It is a shame that when you get to a friend’s house, most people now ask for the wifi code, before they get to ask their friends how they’re doing.

People can also be seen to become frustrated when they are without wifi, or are experiencing poor wifi connection. This can tend to infuriate those who are addicted to their phones and cause them to feel as though they are missing a part of their life. Therefore, in these situations it is clear to see that addictions to mobile phones and social media are out of hand and could potentially be causing people to lack face-to-face communication and real life interactions.

Therefore, we can see that mobile phone and social media is a real addiction which could be causing young people to live their life much differently to generations who have never experienced social media.

Type again soon, Anna