How addictive is Facebook? Is the addiction argument far-fetched?
How addictive is Facebook? Is the addiction argument far-fetched?
I’m working on a campaign against the use of Facebook by gov administrations. So far I have like 20 or so pages covering human rights violations by the gov when they impose the use of Facebook. But I have not yet written anything about addiction or mental health in this context.
I have never used Facebook myself, so I’m working somewhat blind. The question is whether Facebook is addictive and ultimately to what extent can it be faulted for mental health issues. I mean, of course it’s addictive to some extent, as is just about everything and anything. But the question is whether it can reasonably be argued that when a government pushes the use of Facebook onto people, is the gov significantly undermining people’s human right to living in good health? Or is that a far-fetched or crazy enough that it would actually dilute the campaign against gov-forced use of FB?
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Look for a copy of Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation." It contains both original research and some of the more significant studies about social media's impact on mental health, particularly with respect to Gen Z.