Social Media Addiction: An Unrecognized Yet Pervasive Problem

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10.2991/978-2-38476-309-2_9How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social Media Addiction; Stigma; Survey; Substance Use Disorder; Mental Illness

Abstract

This research paper focuses on the lack of attention to social media addiction (SMA), the stigmatization of SMA, and data on the stigmatization of groups of people with high or low risk of SMA collected through a survey based on the Big Five Aspects Scales (BFAS) and Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS). T-tests of the data show relations between an individual’s level of risk of having SMA and the individual’s level of personal and societal stigma towards SMA patients, whether the individual considers SMA patients dangerous, and the amount of knowledge the individual has compared to that of other mental illnesses. The results indicate the lack of record of SMA, and thus the need for more recognition of this pervasive disease in this technologically advanced era.

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AU  - Yibo Wang
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/09
TI  - Social Media Addiction: An Unrecognized Yet Pervasive Problem
BT  - Proceedings of the 2024 9th International Conference on Modern Management, Education and Social Sciences (MMET 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 71
EP  - 79
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-309-2_9
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