How to Stop Social Media Addiction
How to Stop Social Media Addiction Social Media //sō-shəl me-dia// " forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)" Addiction // e'dikshen// "(of a substance or activity) causing or likely to cause someone to become addicted. " Social media addiction is a behavioral disorder in which teens or young adults become enthralled by social media and are unable to reduce or cease their consumption of online media despite clear negative consequences and severe drawbacks. While many teenagers engage in some form of online media on a daily basis (including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Vine, Snapchat, and video games), teen social media addiction is characterized by the combination of excessive media consumption, an increasing reliance on social media as a way to feel