Facebook has never been more addictive.
In 2013, it was 63% of Facebook users who checked in daily. In 2014, that number shot up to 70%. If you check Facebook day after day, you join over 864 million others with…
Cee Harmon's insight:
According to author Tony Reinke, self-evident reality is that Facebook addiction, like many addictions, is boredom-induced. Ofir Turel, a psychologist at Cal State Fullerton, says Facebook addicts, unlike compulsive drug abusers, “have the ability to control their behavior, but they don’t have the motivation to control this behavior because they don’t see the consequences to be that severe."
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Psychologist Dr. Martin Johnson Discusses Facebook Addiction
More reading:
Facebook Addiction? | Psychology Today
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I've been Facebook-free for about six weeks, and I don't miss it at all. I stay in touch with my friends in other ways, and am out of touch with my acquaintances and "Facebook friends," which in all honesty is fine with me.
CSUF Professor's research delves into Facebook addiction
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Nir Eyal, a multiple-time entrepreneur and Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer, has written a book that answers that high-stakes question. We recently spoke to him, and he had this to say about why Facebook is so ...
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