Smart phones and social media addiction have become a serious problem in the US, especially for primary and secondary education. Experts called smart phones and social media addiction as its mental health tsunami.
The US news agency Associated Press (AP), which included observations and expert opinions of teachers and educators in the United States, emphasized that the use of smartphones leads to anxiety in middle and high school children. Kelly Chavis, a biology teacher in high school in South Carolina, showed students’ mobile phone and social media addiction, saying, “One girl received about 150 Snapchat notifications during an hour’s lesson, 150!”
In its latest report, the US National Education Foundation described the anxiety caused by the use of digital devices in adolescents as a ts tsunami of mental health’. In the study, it was pointed out that the use of social media is now the main element of stress. Jean Twenge of the Department of Psychology at San Diego State University states that the increasing psychological problems with smartphones cannot be a simple coincidence. According to Twenge, smartphones lead to increased insomnia among young people, while reducing face-to-face communication.
The US-based Pew Research Center reported last year that anxiety and depression are the most common problem among adolescents. According to experts, the main responsible for this situation is social media and smart device addiction among young people.
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