Introduction: Social Media in People’s Lives

Teresa Berenice Treviño Benavides, Ana Teresa Alcorta Castro, Sofia Alejandra Garza Marichalar, Mariamiranda Peña Cisneros and Elena Catalina Baker Suárez
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Teresa Berenice Treviño Benavides: Universidad de Monterrey
Ana Teresa Alcorta Castro: Universidad de Monterrey
Sofia Alejandra Garza Marichalar: Universidad de Monterrey
Mariamiranda Peña Cisneros: Universidad de Monterrey
Elena Catalina Baker Suárez: Universidad de Monterrey

Chapter Chapter 1 in Social Media Addiction in Generation Z Consumers, 2023, pp 1-3 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Social media is known to help users connect and interact with others anywhere and anytime, allowing researchers to observe human behavior on an unprecedented scale with a new lens. Even though social media has benefited users, it has also led to an alarming consequence, which is addictive use. As Internet access began to increase, researchers started to find dysfunctional patterns of excessive Internet use. This problem became known as Internet addiction (IA) or Internet dependency, defined as the lack of capacity to control one’s use of the Internet. Furthermore, the constant use of social media has also led to dysfunctional patterns of excessive social media use, particularly in young users. This chapter addresses the context for such social media addiction. While many scholars have discussed the interaction between Generation Z and social media, no studies have properly explained the real causes, behaviors, and consequences of this generation’s addiction to these platforms.

Keywords: Internet use; Internet addiction; Social media addiction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33452-8_1

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