Understanding Generation Z and Social Media Addiction

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 8 in Social Media Addiction in Generation Z Consumers, 2023, pp 39-44 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter addresses young users that are part of the Generation Z, as well as their behaviors around the pathological use of social media. The research found that from the 260 participants that concluded the BSMAS test, 72% were potential addicts who used their phones for an average of four to 5 h per day. Further, it explains some personality traits that may be enhanced by social media use, such as narcissism, where they dive into social media to look for comments that increase their ego and make them feel special. Additionally, the chapter explores examples of how maladaptive cognitions and other external factors may ultimately lead to addiction. With this, the chapter contributes to the literature by proposing a model that explains the process that a Generation Z user may follow to develop a social media addiction, and the components that this process have.

Keywords: Generation Z and social media use; Social media addiction model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-33452-8_8

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