Snapping, googling, and tweeting. When do you use these three words? At the touch of your fingertips, you can easily find out what is happening on the other side of the world, but, did you know that 23 millions of people in the world are addicted to social networking? Apparently, 28% of the world’s population are addicted to social media. Interestingly, users between the age of fifteen to nineteen spend at least three hours a day on social media. Equivalently, users between the age of twenty to twenty-nine spend approximately two hours in a day. Moreover, according to a BBC survey, 16% of eighteen to twenty-five years old said that they are addicted to social media, admitting to spending over 15 hours a day on it and 65% of the surveyors said
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Research shows that teenagers need 9.5 hours of sleep, but on average they only get 7.5 hours. From ‘The Mobile Youth Report’, 81% of youth under 25 sleep with their phone beside them on the bed whilst 78% of them will find their phone immediately after waking up. The Guardian found that teenagers who engage with social media at night could be increasing their risk of anxiety, depression and deteriorated immunity. Teenagers are under pressure to constantly make themselves available. The growth of time spent on social media could lead to social isolation, loneliness, heart disease, cancer and dementia. Some people claim that young people can control themselves; they can turn off or log out their phone or computer at night. They are saying that using social media is a way to share feelings and release mental stresses after their busy daily lives. However, 88% of the surveyors said they could not control themselves or manage their time on social media. At least, 5% of young people suffer from the symptoms of social media addiction, according to the research of ‘European Commission’. They are checking their mobile phones every few minutes for Facebook notifications, Twitter mentions, or Snapchat …show more content…
Nowadays, people prefer to communicate via social media. According to ‘College’, 41% of young adults prefer to stay at home and communicate using electronic devices. UCLA scientists found that sixth-graders who went five days without using a smartphone, television, or other digital screen did better at reading human facial emotion than the sixth graders who spend hours using electronic devices. A study conducted by ‘Yazino’; found that fewer people are interacting in person and social media may begin to affect their ability to properly communicate. The increasing use of social media may be impairing children’s ability to develop social skills, as they have less opportunity for face-to-face interaction. In face-to-face communication, information is conveyed through facial expressions, eye contact and body language. Non-verbal communication is important and necessary because it modifies the meaning of the language. Teenagers who do not practice face-to-face communication can lose essential social
Research shows that teenagers need 9.5 hours of sleep, but on average they only get 7.5 hours. From ‘The Mobile Youth Report’, 81% of youth under 25 sleep with their phone beside them on the bed whilst 78% of them will find their phone immediately after waking up. The Guardian found that teenagers who engage with social media at night could be increasing their risk of anxiety, depression and deteriorated immunity. Teenagers are under pressure to constantly make themselves available. The growth of time spent on social media could lead to social isolation, loneliness, heart disease, cancer and dementia. Some people claim that young people can control themselves; they can turn off or log out their phone or computer at night. They are saying that using social media is a way to share feelings and release mental stresses after their busy daily lives. However, 88% of the surveyors said they could not control themselves or manage their time on social media. At least, 5% of young people suffer from the symptoms of social media addiction, according to the research of ‘European Commission’. They are checking their mobile phones every few minutes for Facebook notifications, Twitter mentions, or Snapchat …show more content…
Nowadays, people prefer to communicate via social media. According to ‘College’, 41% of young adults prefer to stay at home and communicate using electronic devices. UCLA scientists found that sixth-graders who went five days without using a smartphone, television, or other digital screen did better at reading human facial emotion than the sixth graders who spend hours using electronic devices. A study conducted by ‘Yazino’; found that fewer people are interacting in person and social media may begin to affect their ability to properly communicate. The increasing use of social media may be impairing children’s ability to develop social skills, as they have less opportunity for face-to-face interaction. In face-to-face communication, information is conveyed through facial expressions, eye contact and body language. Non-verbal communication is important and necessary because it modifies the meaning of the language. Teenagers who do not practice face-to-face communication can lose essential social