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Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Social Media Addiction

Matsalla, B. (2013, December 12). Social Media Addiction. Liberty Voice. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/social-media-addiction/


Can’t stop tweeting, posting and poking?

It means that you are addicted to social media. Social media is becoming our daily routine like eating, communicating and watching TV. For some people this daily routine becomes their habits, and when their habits interfere with daily lives and predominate daily activities, it becomes an addiction. Social media is more addictive to people who have addictive personalities.
There are some interesting statistics:

 
  • "Facebook has 850 million active users, and 488 million of those people use Facebook regularly on their mobile device.
  • In 2012, 175 million tweets were sent from Twitter every day. Thirty-two percent of all Internet users use Twitter.
  • Instagram had an average of 7.3 million daily active users in 2012, and they averaged 257 minutes accessing the site on their mobile device.
  • Google’s famous +1 ‘like’ button is clicked 5 billion times a day."
 
 


1 comment:

  1. Good analysis, truly fascinating what society becomes revolved around due to fundamental values of family, friendship, and inter connectivity. A virtual playground where status and import is conveyed in appearance and association.

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