{"id":43864,"date":"2019-07-16T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=43864"},"modified":"2019-07-16T12:36:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T16:36:41","slug":"social-media-too-much-how-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/07\/social-media-too-much-how-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media – Too Much? How Much?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Glenn Mollette <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media is just like mom’s apple pie, it’s not good to\neat a whole pie every day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over three billion people are social media users worldwide.\nWhile social media helps keep the world connected, social media addiction\nis becoming a global problem that keeps growing. As of 2018, one third of the\nglobal population used social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet and social media addictions continue to grow as our\ndependence on technology increases. Over 210 million people suffer from\ninternet and social media addictions worldwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2018 study found that teens who spend 5 hours per day\nusing their phones were almost twice as likely to exhibit depressive symptoms\nthan counterparts who dedicated only one hour on their phones. The relationship\nbetween excessive mobile use and depression appears to be strongly inked to\ngender with 58% more females than males experiencing depressive symptoms. A\nrecent study containing over 23,500 participants between the ages of 16 and 88\nfound that being a young single female was most strongly associated with\ndisplaying addictive social media behavior. Addictive social media behavior was\nalso strongly related to narcissistic personality traits and low\nself-esteem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media addiction doesn’t just affect behavior during\nthe day; it even damages the ability to sleep. A study found that 71% of\nAmericans sleep with or next to a mobile device. Some 47 million people in\nAmerica do not get enough sleep and 55% more teens were sleep deprived in 2015\nthan in 1991. Exposure to screens before bed is a large factor in exacerbating\nsleep disorders. Thirty-five percent of people using phones less than average\nexperienced sleep difficulty compared to 42% of those with average or above\naverage phone usage.  Forty-five percent of people check social media\ninstead of sleeping and roughly 10% of teens check their phones more ten 10\ntimes per night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifty percent of people driving are checking social media.\n90% of drivers admit to using smartphones behind the wheel. The Center for\nDisease Control and Prevention reports that each day nine people are killed and\nmore than 1,000 are injured as a result of smartphone use while driving.\nAccording to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, teens are the\nlargest group reported for distracted driving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 240 million Americans check Facebook daily or 74% of\nall Americans. The majority of Americans use Facebook and most users check the\napp daily. Approximately 68% of Americans have an account and 51% report\nchecking Facebook several times daily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question – is it possible you might accomplish more of what\nyou want and need to do if you would spend less time on social media? Another\nquestion – Is social media making you a better and happier person? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it possible you should cut back on your daily portion of\nsocial media?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Media Kix for their information as well as the
\n Center for Disease Control and Prevention
\nand the National Highway Safety Traffic Administration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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