initial slides regarding Social Media Addiction

1. Social media addiction

2. SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTION:
 Recent studies show that 63% of
American facebook users logon to the
Sites Daily

3. Reasons for using Social
Media:
 Browse at other people’s status updates
and photos
 To vent emotions
 Delivering Reinforcement
 Berge Facebook Addiction Scale(BFAS)
 What is interesting Researchers found?

4. Negative Impacts of Social
Media
 In 2012 Anxiety conducted a Survey
on Social Media Use and its effects
on emotions
 Survey found that 53% of participants
said Social Media had changed their
Behavior
 53% of these said the change had
been negative

5.  Furthermore Revealed that two thirds
of Participants reported difficulty
Relaxing and sleeping after they used
sites
 While 55% said they felt “Worried or
uncomfortable “ when they were
unable to log on to social media
accounts

6. Enough is Enough (EIE):
 95% of Teenagers who use social
media have witnessed forms of
Cyberbullying
 33% have been Victims of
CyberbullyingDr. Rauch adds: “ I think parents
should be aware that their Adolescent
childern are living at a time where
they are constantly on and
connected