Twitter and Facebook may be more addictive than alcohol or cigarettes

Twitter and Facebook may be more addictive than alcohol or cigarettes

Has Western culture grown too attached to their social networks? It’s possible, according to a recent study led by Wilhelm Hofmann at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

While the nuts and bolts of the study were far from a compelling, comprehensive bit of scientific research (205 adults were put into a heavily-weighted situation and were told to describe their “conflicts” via text) it is apparent just looking at how we go about our lives on a daily basis that many of us are indeed addicted.

This video by SourceFed gives us the details of the study.

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#1
Cyril Biluk
February 8th, 2012 at 12:14 pm

 On the bright side, Facebook is not that addictive in my opinion. On the bad side, I have decided to keep smoking instead of checking my ‘Wall’.

 
 
#2
Cyril Biluk
February 9th, 2012 at 9:16 pm

On second thought, I quit smoking too. 

 
 
#3
Terrycart
February 13th, 2012 at 8:58 pm

 That is a good choice, anyway, You can still keep your facebook, just don’t spend too much time.

 
 
#4
Facebook App Developer
February 13th, 2012 at 7:49 am

True that, my girlfriend is also lately very reluctant on this matter :)

 

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