Students feel connection through social media, as well as addiction

Published: Wednesday, Oct. 10 2012 9:00 p.m. MDT

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The issue of addiction and serious attachment to smart devices and social media is growing across the entire spectrum of age groups.

"They feel more connected when something is in print; that means more than when you turn and talk to a person one-on-one," Parker said of the phenomenon of social media being used between people who are physically next to each other. "If you upload something on Twitter and hashtag or @ them, or tag them on Facebook, then now you are telling the whole world. You are announcing that relationship to the whole world."

Among adults, 66 percent who are online say they use some type of social media — Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn — according to a report by The Pew Research Center. The study also found that about two-thirds of social media users are users in large part to stay in touch with friends and family.

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JWB

Kaysville, UT

When a device is more important than people and their relationships, that is addiction. It is sad that little by little, it has taken over people's lives.

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7:46 a.m. Oct. 11, 2012
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J-TX

Allen, TX

We constantly have to look at devices and our children's attachment to them.

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My2Cents

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I think its time for some regulatory laws controlling the possession of and use of these devices. Its now out of the hands of the parents as schools are teaching infant minds to stay in touch with the schools and teachers forcing this addiction More..

4:15 a.m. Oct. 12, 2012
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