2. ⚫ Social media are
media for social
interaction, using
highly accessible
and scalable
publishing
techniques.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_
media
3. Popular forms of social
media
⚫ Facebo
ok
⚫ MySpac
e
⚫ Orkut
⚫ YouTub
e
⚫ Twitter
⚫ Digg
5. Increase in Twitter Usage
It is evident from the above graph that the number of tweets
per month on Twitter has increased drastically
6. Hours of Video
Uploaded per Minute on
YouTube
As a result of increase in uploads, more
people are getting addicted to YouTube.
7. More Social Media Statistics
⚫ Facebook has more users than Google.
⚫ The second largest search engine in
the world is YouTube
⚫ Amazon products are gradually
becoming more popular
⚫ 25% of search results for the World’s
Top 20 largest brands are links to user-
generated content
⚫ 34% of bloggers post opinions about
products & brands
⚫ 80% of companies use social media for
recruitment
9. Social media addiction is
like a poison
⚫ New tools and websites are
constantly being created
⚫ Information can be located
within seconds using Web
2.0
⚫ Owing to the speed in which social
media enables communication,
word of mouth now becomes
world of mouth
⚫ Easily affordable and
accessible to majority of
10. Is Gaming part of Social
Media Addiction?
⚫ Yes, because
it is a virtual
world where
people from
around the
globe connect
through
Internet
11. Statistics on Gaming
⚫ 65% of US population are
involved in video games
⚫ 49% of gamers are between the
age of 18-49
⚫ On average, time spent per
week by gamers is18 hours
⚫ Xbox 360 is the most famous
console for online gaming
12. Advantages of Social Media
⚫ Democratization of media can be
used to gain fame
⚫ Social media helps users to
connect with strong and weak
ties
⚫ Creativity and re-mix culture
⚫ It can be used to embrace your
passion and identity
⚫ Community, sharing, and
connecting are integral part of
social media
⚫ It increases transparency in
government and organizations.
14. ⚫ Schizophrenia:
◦ The victim of this disorder could
use social media to create a
disillusion perceptions
⚫ Insomnia:
◦ The person will suffer from sleep
disorder and stress
⚫ Sexual Problems & Deviation:
◦ Porn websites can cause negative
influence on child mental stability.
Disadvantages of Social
Media Addiction on
Health
15. ⚫ ADHD:
◦ Symptoms are hyperactivity and
attention deficiency disorder
⚫ Addiction:
◦ Negative state of mind due to
obsession of virtual world
⚫ Anxiety & Depression:
◦ Isolating and avoiding interaction
with real world
Disadvantages of Social
Media Addiction on
Health
16. ⚫ Eating Disorder:
◦ It causes imbalance of diet and
irregular eating habits
Disadvantages of Social
Media Addiction on
Health
17. Examples
⚫ In 2005, 28 years old South
Korean died due to lack of sleep
and improper diet resulting from
continuously playing video games
for 50 hours
⚫ A Chinese man died after
spending three days at Internet
café. The cause of the death was
due to severe exhaustion.
◦ Source: Wikipedia
18. Disadvantages of Social
Media Addiction on
Workplace/Education
⚫ Employer-employee relationship
can be affected by reducing the
interest of employees at work
⚫ Business productivity can decrease
due to lack of motivation to work
⚫ It can affect your education by
diverting your attention towards
virtual world rather than studies
19. ⚫ According to above graph, it is evident
that social media is being used more for
personal purposes at work place
Usage of Social Media at
Workplace
20. Disadvantages of Social
Media Addiction on
Social Life
⚫ It can be a barrier between
social and personal
relationships
⚫ It can hamper the confidence
of an individual in real world
⚫ It enables the individuals to
commit crimes online
21. Challenges in Future 2020
◦ Cybersex addiction
◦ Online gambling
addiction
◦ E-Bay addiction
◦ Video games
addiction
22. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ Cybersex addiction
◦ It is a form of role-playing in which
two or more persons send one
another sexually explicit messages
through internet
◦ The addiction is expected to increase
in future and as a result it can cause
serious problems, such as marital
stress, divorce and online adultery.
◦ As a result of this addiction, porn
websites will become more popular in
future.
23. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ Cybersex addiction recovery
techniques:
◦ There are certain counseling techniques
where counselors deal with the
individuals one-on-one
◦ Parents should take steps to ensure
that their child is safe from porn
◦ Parental control and blocking porn
websites is also another way to tackle
this problem
24. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ Online gambling addiction
◦ People are getting more addicted
to online casinos because it is more
convenient to gamble online
25. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ Online gambling addiction recovery
techniques
◦ Three widely used techniques are:
🞄 Behavioral management
🞄 Financial management
🞄 Family therapy
26. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ E-Bay addiction:
◦ Online shopping is becoming popular
because of advancements in internet
technology, therefore e-bay addiction
is gradually rising
◦ Easiness to shop online is one of the
reason why this addiction is
increasing
◦ On average:
🞄 A vehicle is sold every 2 minutes
🞄 a car part or accessory sold every 3
seconds
🞄 Diamond jewelry sold every 83
seconds – eBay statistics 2009
27. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ E-Bay addiction recovery techniques:
◦ Therapist and counselors are needed
to examine what bidding means for the
addict and how the act of winning may
be fulfilling an unmet emotional or
psychological need.
◦ They use techniques to redirect
addictive persons’ energy into
healthier outlets that increase their
self-confidence
28. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ Video games addiction
◦ Is there going to be “Play station 5” in
2020?
◦ Are “virtual reality” video games will
be widely used in 2020?
◦ Are these advancements a concern or
benefit to gamers?
29. Challenges in Future 2020
⚫ The answer to first two questions is
yes!
⚫ Concern or benefit depends on its
usage
⚫ Over usage is a concern and cause
serious problems, such as
psychological and health problems
⚫ Video games and computer games can
improve hand-eye co-ordination and
help players gain many skills.
⚫ Games helps users to make
decision independently
30. Conclusion
⚫ Social media addiction will rise in
future
⚫ More networking websites like
Facebook, and YouTube will
develop in future
⚫ Internet users will increase in
future because it will be much
cheaper and accessible
⚫ Disadvantages of social media
addiction on health, work place,
education and social life will
