Social Network Influence

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Social Networks Influence
In 2016, about 2.34 billion people in the world regularly visited social networks, increasing by 9.2 percent a year, accounting for 32.3 percent of the global population and 68.3 percent of Internet users(http://www.techweb.com.cn/). As you can see there are so many people who use social networks. So we have a question: How much time do they spend on social networks on average? GWI social latest report shows that the current Internet users spend 1 hour 49 minutes a day on average access to social networking and communications services, namely Internet users spend a third of the time to access the online social networking or communications services. (http://www.199it.com/)So many people use so many time in social networks, …show more content…

Especially teenagers, they like network games and social tools very much. “The definition of addiction is that it is an acquired, strong need to perform a specific activity or continued use of mood alerting substances. Increasing discussion about the development of Internet addiction, which like other addictions, have their roots in depression, impaired assessment esteem and social anxiety shows that it affects all users of the global network, regardless of gender or age”(PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS - A PILOT STUDY.). Many teenagers are curious about everything, can not control themselves, more concerned about normal learning and life. They like exciting things like games and online dating. They had no right idea in mind. They are really confused, they only come into contact with learning and social networks, so they choose addicted social networks, and they never think about the future. “American psychologist Kimberly S.Young believes that IAD and addicted to gambling, alcoholism, drug abuse is the damage caused is in many aspects: the decline in academic performance, damage the health of the relationship between husband and wife disorder or divorced, affect the normal work.” (PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS - A PILOT STUDY.)For example, teenagers addicted to network will affect your studies very much, gradually you will skip classes to play games, they can get good grate anymore, …show more content…

For schools, teachers need to fully illustrate the dangers of social networking and how to control the overuse of social networks rather than thinking about how to ban students from using them. After all, a ban will only make students more curious about social networks. For parents, parents need to guide their children to the right use of social networking and social tools, which are useful for not indulging in normal use. Those advices are always given by the psychological doctor. For the government, we need to use anti addiction policies in the game! The policy contents are as follows: 1. Gamers must register their real names. 2. Games under 18 are banned for more than two hours, and adult games are banned for more than four hours. In fact, this is indeed the policy now used by the government. It is very useful to save time for some teens who are very addicted to games. Because once the time is up, the game will no longer be

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