The
Modern
Social
Problem
Part 1: What's the issue?
The
Average Social Media Usage
is 1h 40min per day.
The
Average Screentime
is almost 7 hours per day.
The
Average
Person
checks their phones 144 times a day.
This is a problem.
Over
Half
of
the
World's
Population
is on a Social
Media Platform.
That's 4.55 BILLION people.
59%
of teenagers experienced cyber bullying in the US
alone.
63%
increase in adults aged 18-25 who experienced
major depression
symptoms
from 2009-2017.
and a shocking
94%
of participants in a study felt "troubled" without their phones.
In addition, high social media usage is correlated with poor sleep
and low academic
performance.
These social media platforms are built on an algorithm that is designed to be addictive.
What can you do?