asapscience video

Question 1

how many percent of people are unable to control how much social media they use

Answer 1

5-10 %

Question 2

why is social media like a drug

Answer 2

because after every interaction you crave more

Question 3

how is multi-tasking for the people who are addicted

Answer 3

it’s harder for them

Question 4

what is phantom vibration syndrome

Answer 4

it’s when you feel like your phone vibrates while it actually doesn’t this happens to 89% of social media users at least once every two weeks

Question 5

what are the five ways that social media is affecting your brain

Answer 5

• negatively affects multi tasking
• 5-10 % of people can’t control how long they spend on social media this causes degredation of white matter in the part of the brain that control emotional processing attention and decision making like a drug
• phantom vibration syndrome
• 80% of social media usage is people who like communicating about their own experiences in real life its 30-40 % this releases dopamine the feel good chemical
• relationships are more likely to succeed if it started on social media

Question 6

how many people use social media

Answer 6

1 third of the world