Facebook Addictions Lead to Social Disconnect
Is it possible to become addicted to Facebook? According to a recent news report, this type of addiction can have a major impact on an individual as it can create a tremendous disconnect from friends...
View ArticleSocial Media Addictions – Apparent But Not Yet Determined
While social media platforms have become a valuable tool in marketing and networking, some are finding they have a hard time if they need to step away from Facebook or Twitter for too long. Is it...
View ArticleWatch Out For Addiction To Social Networking Sites
They’re everywhere you look – millions of Americans, in fact – hooked on instantly communicating with their friends via social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, Digg,...
View ArticleFacebook Addiction Real and Growing Among Women
This idea of addiction is an interesting phenomenon. The reality is that one thing or one substance can take complete control over a person, dictating what they will do and when they will do it. And,...
View ArticleInternet Addiction Common in College
As the Internet becomes the center of many teens’ social life, research, and homework, some parents wonder whether time using it should be limited. Much of life is becoming focused on the use of the...
View ArticleSocial Media Site Addiction and Borderline Personality Disorder
The use of social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace are increasing problematic for many users. The nature of the sites, our access to them via many devices (PC’s, laptops, iPads, cellphone...
View ArticleTumblr Rethinking Content Policy
Tumblr is a blogging site that has finally decided that public safety trumps public expression. Until now, the site has permitted blog posts promoting self-harm topics such as bulimia, anorexia and...
View ArticleFacebook Slides Into Online Gambling With Bingo Friendzy App
According to a recent article, Facebook has lost some of its market value recently and has decided to increase revenues by introducing a new Bingo app. The new online gambling app, Bingo Friendzy App...
View ArticleAlcohol Advertisers Using Social Media To Target Teens
The Australian Medical Association has issued a call to the Australian government to take a look at alcohol marketing practices in that country. Of particular concern to Australian doctors is the habit...
View ArticleInternet, Gambling, Tanning – Addictions For Modern Times
Upper-left Image Courtesy of: www.oxfordpress.com The days of believing that addiction is limited to drugs and alcohol are over. No longer is addiction relegated to substances—legal or illegal—that...
View ArticleThere’s An Upside To Teens And Texting
Real-Life Texting Scenes – Negative And Positive Party Scene The scene is a house party of 20-somethings. The mood is festive but low-key. People enter and exit rooms and settle on furniture and...
View ArticleFacebook – The Newest Designer Drug?
As the revolutionary social media site, Facebook, turns 10 years old, we can celebrate all the ways in which it has improved our lives. It has allowed us to reconnect with people from our past. It also...
View ArticleIs Tech Addiction Changing Your Brain?
It’s 6:30 a.m. and the bass line underlying Jay Z is suddenly blaring, rather than booming; it sounds more tinny than thudding. It’s the sound of a ringtone that has been turned into an alarm. Gavin...
View Article‘Selfie’ Craze May Signal Larger Problem
It’s hard to say just when and where the term “selfie” was coined, but 2013 was certainly the year when selfies conquered the world. It seemed that people—particularly young people who spend a great...
View ArticleCan Technology Break Technology Addiction?
Smartphone addiction is a real problem for many people. Just when you cross the line from frequent use to obsessive addiction is debatable but, for some people, cell phones are all-consuming....
View ArticleAre Internet Addiction Tests Underreporting The Problem?
Internet addiction is the term commonly used to describe compulsive, dysfunctional involvement in one or more forms of Internet use. The condition has no official definition in the U.S.; however, the...
View Article4 Hidden Costs Of Social Media Addiction
Social media sites are supposed to make our lives better. They allow us to reconnect with old friends, stay in touch with people who are far away, share our passions with each other, and collect useful...
View ArticleAre You At Risk For Internet Addiction?
Internet addiction is a commonly used term for a pattern of Internet use that significantly decreases a person’s level of mental well-being or diminishes the ability to meet personal or social...
View ArticleTechnology Addiction On The Rise…Is There An End In Sight?
Technology addiction is a fairly new phenomenon. As cell phones and other mobile devices grow in numbers, we’ve become more and more dependent upon communicating and interacting via tiny computers we...
View ArticleFind Out If You’re A Social Media Addict
Addiction to social media is becoming a real problem for many people. In a world in which we can be in constant contact and communication, some of us can’t seem to disengage from the screens in front...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....