Digital Addiction by Carol Higgins

Is Digital Addiction a Real Threat to Kids?

emilybattleteacher — 2019-09-07 11:14:30 UTC

Think of screens as something to handle in moderation, like food, rather than something without any healthy place in our lives, like heroin, experts say" ( Perri Klass, MD, NY Times, 2019)

Addiction or mere dependence? It’s a fine line. However, developing a compulsive need to use your digital devices, to the extent where it interferes with your life and stops you from doing things you need to do, is the hallmark of an addiction.There are three different types of digital addiction which include phone addiction, internet addiction and social media addiction.

carolhiggins98 — 2019-09-07 11:14:50 UTC

Phone addiction is a dependence syndrome and a clinical addiction where users are affected by smartphone overuse which impacts their daily lives in a negative way. Addiction expert and therapist Paul Hokemeyer explains that this addiction can be a result of underlying behavioral health and personality issues. Those who do suffer with this addiction could have underlying issues like depression, anxiety and a socially challenged personality, causing them to constantly use their devices for comfort.

carolhiggins98 — 2019-09-07 11:16:50 UTC

Social Media Addiction is quite easy to define. If you spend far too much time on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat to the point where you document each and every aspect of your life on any/all of the platform, you could be a social media addict. Although there’s no medical recognition of social media addiction, the term itself has become subject to research and investigation within recent years and overuse of Facebook in itself has been proven to be linked to a decrease in feelings of satisfaction and happiness.

carolhiggins98 — 2019-09-07 11:18:10 UTC

In a commentary published last week in JAMA, Dr. Christakis suggested that the relationship between media exposure and health in adolescents might turn out to follow an “inverted U” pattern, that is, that very high exposure and very low exposure might both be associated with poorer mental health outcomes than moderate amounts of usage.9New York Times, 2019)

emilybattleteacher — 2019-09-07 11:18:10 UTC

Internet Addiction

carolhiggins98 — 2019-09-07 11:19:41 UTC

is defined as an impulse control disorder, also known as pathological internet use, where some may find it difficult to differentiate between the virtual world and reality. Sufferers tend to spend excessive amounts of time online, not only eating up time but also causing a higher risk of overspending by getting involved in online gambling and gaming.

emilybattleteacher — 2019-09-07 11:20:16 UTC

Dr. Ellen Selkie, an assistant professor of adolescent medicine at the University of Michigan, who does research on adolescents’ use of social media, said, “It’s like food, it’s something we all need because of the way businesses run, because of the job market — and for teens it’s the way they socialize.”

Introduction

emilybattleteacher — 2019-09-07 11:22:15 UTC

According to techtarget.com digital addiction is "an impulse compulsive disorder that involves the obsessive use of mobile devices, the internet or video games". We will look at who is affected by digital addiction, the consequences of such an addiction and find out is it something we should be really concerned about.

Audience

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First Year Students

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