Below are some of “best of” some of the stories we’ve been curating this year that are beginning to underscore the very real problem of “Internet addiction”.
- Facebook Posts can offer Clues of Depression
- The Blink of an Eye?
- Are you a Twitter addict?
- Konya2012 Director is Detained and Hospitalized
- No, you’re not fat, Facebook just makes you think you are
- Are you a social media addict?
- Are Millennials the most distracted or engaged generation?
- Is Social Media killing our species? (love that one)
- Why You’re probably working an extra two months this year
- The Pursuit of Balance in the Digital Age: Silicon Valley worries about addiction to devices
- One third of Americans choose the iPhone over sex
- Is the web driving us mad?
- Social media and depression
Yet, 98% of Americans say they distrust the Internet. What’s going on here?
Source: KazzaDraskMedia.
Kathy Drasky regularly writes about online culture. Her marketing and communications work with the ANZA Technology Network, Advance Global Australians and with various Australians and Australian enterprises has led to at least a dozen trips Down Under.
An accomplished digital photographer, her photos have appeared in 7×7 Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle and Google Schmap.