Over the years social web has developed its way on giving opportunities allowing users to focus on how they want to use it. Recent studies show “Young Women are becoming dependant on social websites” most one-third of women aged 13-24 check Facebook even before going to the bathroom.
“Oxygen Media and Lightspeed Research. In fact, as many as one-third of women aged 18-34 check Facebook when they first wake up, even before they get to the bathroom”
Do you?
Has Facebook become an addiction? Many people would not agree that they spend too much time or are addicted to any social website. People use social website more often then they think, as most are available on smart phones its more portable people use it while walking, public transport journey and even at work.
Your title is very astute. This is demonstrated no better than by Flipboard, a social media aggregator and display application which turns the complicated mass of content into an easy do digest and ever so elegant magazine style publication. For those of you with Apple iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad) I cannot recommend it strongly enough - go on, it's free - http://flipboard.com/
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm not the researched demographic, I'll add that, no, I do not access Facebook every morning or even every day. What I do tend to check, though, is my email. Facebook and social media in general seems transient and often seems to need an instant response, so if I've missed it I don't worry. There is an expected delay with email, and as a frequent tube user being cut off from the 'net is no limitation. I can draft my responses and know that my phone will automatically push them out as soon as I get above ground.
Oh, the irony. I've just got a message from Facebook, regarding a Christmas Party. Oh, and now I'm looking at it, and the person who invited me wants to chat...
... ignore me. Clearly Facebook does govern my life.
In my opinion Facebook is definitely an addiction for some people not saying i'm addicted to it but can't deny that I have my days. It is often a way of communicating with friends and family on a regular basis but does reduce the time we spend face to face with most the people we talk to on Facebook. I would also say that Twitter is probably more of a social newspaper as it consists of short posts or "tweets" which users feel are an easy way of either informing someone or simply keeping their users up to date with their daily events.
ReplyDeleteAre we addicted to it? Erm, maybe it comes down to a few factors: our addiction tendancies, how fluent and in-touch we are with social networking and of course how sociable we are. I think my second and third points could be linked though. If we are sociable people in reality and strive upon it then it should correlate to how they socialize online.
ReplyDeleteAddiction tendancies...well, they all vary don't they? If you've ever been on Facebook and find youself constantly tapping F5, then it's a problem.
I just want to talk about the first comment by cs08jj for a bit also. Mobile devices play a huge part in our social networking lives now. Push notifications and email integration is either good for you or bad for you, it depends how you perceive it.
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