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Social media does have some redeeming features – and its utility will depend on how you use it. But for many of us, the reward no longer outweighs the harms.
Researchers who study addictions have started to assess whether social media might be addictive.
Gen X is leading the way in kicking the social media habit. And concerns about an overall ‘internet addiction’ seem overblown.
People often worry about whether they may be addicted to digital devices, but addiction to a substance is far different from the habitual behavior that typically underlies digital usage.
As the head of a media and communications program, my life’s digital-analogue balance was off. Four weeks at sea with no devices refocussed my views – even on things that had been there all along.
The relationship between our smartphones and levels of the stress hormone cortisol isn’t yet clear, but people report feeling more stressed than they were before they had a smartphone.
Looking for a short-term fix from the very thing that is causing you long-term problems is a symptom of addiction.
Many of us complain about the stress of being ‘always on’ – here’s what life could be like, if you actually disconnected.
Six things you can do to control your social media addiction.
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Professor of Information Technology, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Marketing, Directorate for Advanced Research Computing (ARC), Durham University
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Provost Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Business, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Applied Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor and Research Chair in Inclusive Societies, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Strathclyde
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Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Senior lecturer in Psychology, Deakin University
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Research Fellow; Registered Psychologist; Deputy Chair, Cyberpsychology Research Group, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems and Services, University of Bamberg
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Professor of Information Systems, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU)
