Presentation for AP Psych on the Effects and Views of Social Media Addiction.

1. Compulsive need for and use of a
habit-forming substance or act
characterized by tolerance and by
well-defined physiological
symptoms upon withdrawal

2. the excessive use of any form of
media that interferes with other
aspects of daily life

5. • Total number of active users per
month:
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• Total percentage of users ON THIS
EARTH:
• Average amount of hours spent per
month:

6. • Number of videos being viewed every
day:
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• Total number of hours spent each
month:

7. • Total number of Instagram users
(2013):
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• Average number of photos uploaded
every day:

8. • Number of unique visitors per month:
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• Average amount of Tweets per day:
• Number of Tweets per second:

10. • To gain approval or acknowledgement
from peers
• Comfort with the superficial banter on
social media sites
• Escapism: escaping from an unpleasant
reality
• Obsessive thoughts about“friends”and

11. • Spending more
than one hour
daily at social
media sites.
• Checking
Facebook
whenever possible
• Over-sharing
• Your family and
• Interference with
your offline social
life
• Withdrawal
symptoms in
attempt to cut down
on the time spent
• Losing sleep to go
on Facebook or
other sites

12. • A study from Tel Aviv University
(Israel) reveals that social media can
have a great negative effect on the
user’s mental health.
• Three victims of intense virtual
relationships:
- Psychotic episodes – delusions
- Perceivable hallucinations

13. • Great feelings of vulnerability and
exposure
- Some report hallucinations of the
person behind the screen physically
touching them.
• One in every three Facebook users
experience feelings of jealousy and
envy after spending time on the site.
- Significant emotional damage done

14. • The more time people spend on
Facebook, the worse they feel about
their own lives: this may lead to
attitude problems such as...
- Rudeness
- Desire to suppress others
- Indifference towards real-life
sentiment
- Inconsiderate behavior

15. • Spending too much time on social
media will ultimately lead to a
dysfunctional and disorganized offline
lifestyle
- Possible development of social
disorders
- Disability to focus on simple
everyday tasks

16. • Changes occur in brain activity while
accessing a social site that may remain
active for long periods of time.
- A“need”is developed, and accessing
the site becomes a method of
restoring homeostasis.
• The Reward System provides
motivation
- Follows the arousal theory of
motivation

17. • People strive to achieve self-
actualization
• According to Maslow’s hierarchy of
needs:  Strong emphasis
on acceptance and
social security.

18. • Incentives such as“Likes”encourage
one to continue the behavior
- Positive reinforcement using
secondary drive
• The positive reinforcement is
continued with constant feedback, and
the user develops a ‘habit of pleasure’

19. • Admit you have a problem! Do not
deny it.
• Figure out exactly how much time you
spend on social sites.
• Set a specific time schedule and make
a strenuous effort to stick to it.
• Take some time away from social
media.
• Just block the sites that are bothering