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Social media addiction is not natural or normal but is really a disease?…
Social media addiction is not natural or normal but is really a disease?
1.Is social media addictive?
live under the surveillance of software companies
wake in the night to use social media
consume the opinions of strangers
spend roughly 24 hours a week on it
to submit opinions for approval
feel depressed and alone
issue is complex/ probably generational
None of these behaviours were normal a few decades ago
are practised by billions of people
2.a report was published
symptoms of mental ill health
robust, longitudinal research
surveys : 27% of children ( more 3 hours)
research : funded by a taxing SM companies
internet addiction : disease
3.Addiction is characterised by abnormal behaviour, but what is “normal” any more?
The Unabomber manifesto
"never forget that a human being with technology is exactly like an alcoholic with a barrel of wine"
traded their social lives for internet,..
Add social : toxic brew of solipsism and information overload
term hikikomori
The UX design
Japanese psychologist Tamaki Saitō
maze of dark patterns and cues
The stereotype of the basement-dwelling internet addict
interest that you never sign out
keep generating data indefinitely.
4.avoid social media
personality disorders and depression.
“filter bubble”
binary terms of good and bad
algorithmic hypnosis
had narrowed my view of the world
breeding ground for “fake news”, ..
multiple panic attacks
neurotic and self-loathing
which profit the shareholders of these platforms.
5.take social media more seriously
must focus on living with social media
We’re all cyborgs now
to break apart tech multinationals
might it not be an evolution?
rework antitrust laws