This is a presentation that discusses the impact of social media on the generation z's attention span and provides examples and evidence to support it.

1. Social Media Addiction
in Generation Z
Aya Jaber (202220675)

2. Social Media impacts Generation
Z’s:
01
Attention
Span

3. - Two Neural Systems-
Impulsive system
Reflective System
Social media addiction
causes an imbalance
between two neural
systems

4. 659 participants
Think that they are
multitasking but they are
task switching
It will lead to
weak academic
performance

5. Did you know that:
4.6 Billion people
have access to social
media around the
world more than
half the world’s
population at 58%

6. - Resources-
Barton, B. A., Adams, K. S., Browne, B. L., & Arrastia-Chisholm, M. C. (2018). The
effects of social media usage on attention, motivation, and academic performance. Active
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Dolan, J. (2022, July 26). 2022 staggering statistics on mainstream social media usage.
Wavve. Retrieved October 31, 2022, from https://wavve.co/2022-statistics-on-social-
mediausage/#:~:text=Based%20on%20the%202022%20Global,in%20the%20last%2012%
20months.
Wegmann, E., Müller, S. M., Turel, O., & Brand, M. (2020). Interactions of impulsivity,
general executive functions, and specific inhibitory control explain symptoms of social-
networks-use disorder: An experimental study. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–9.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60819-4