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= **AprilS_iMid** = **Habits of Learning and Managing Online Activity: Social Media - Individual Awareness**

__What is Social Media?__ **"Social media** includes web-based and mobile technologies used to turn [|communication] into interactive dialogue between organizations, communities, and individuals. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Interneat-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of [|Web 2.0], and that allow the creation and exchange of [|user-generated content]."[|[1]] Social media is ubiquitously accessible, and enabled by scalable communication techniques."

__What does addiction mean?__
**"Addiction** – Something you regularly do quickly and easily in the moment, but that doesn’t really work in your life."

__Cultural Awareness__ Teens are probably already have a Facebook. But not all kids are obsessed, and other are they spend all their time on sites and forget to do their homework. And also kids my age are addicted to their phones, iPods, iPad, etc. but when people get addicted they are on all the time which means they can be the ones that are bullies or that have bad grades. When people are on Facebook all the time or on their phones that means they have to have some technology around them to function.

__Are you addicted to the Social Media?__ Facebook is a addiction to many people. They spend all their time on Facebook and other sites.These addiction interfere withe people relationship with family and friends, work ,and school. Many people don't think that they have a addiction and they also don't know how siever the addiction is, but the one who do know and learned how to stop found help.

"Facebook addiction means spending an excessive amount of time on Facebook. Typically, it involves a person's Facebook use interfering with important activities in life, such as work, school, or maintaining relationships with family and "real" friends"

__Do you have F.A.D?__ Many people think that addiction is a powerful word and some think that they have a problem with Facebook without having an addiction. People call this behavior "Facebook addiction disorder" or FAD,"

"Addiction is a strong word, and someone can have a problem with Facebook without having a full-blown addiction. Some call this emerging type of addictive behavior "Facebook addiction disorder" or FAD, but the syndrome is not widely acknowledged as a psychological disorder, though it is being widely studied by psychologists."

__Wedaholics Anonymous__
"Along with the announcement last week at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Boston that Internet Addiction is now a real problem effecting an estimated six percent of the online population, news immediately broke that a 12-step program had been formed for those who suffer from this dangerous affliction. Dr. Kimberly S. Young, founder and CEO of the Center for Online Addiction in Bradford, Pennsylvania, told the APA that Addiction to the Internet is a true addiction that can lead to broken marriages, job loss and law suits.  She presented results of studies conducted in the past few years that show that "the addictive use of the Internet directly leads to social isolation, increased depression, familial discord, divorce, academic failure, financial failure, and job loss."

Taking the next step to your addiction

 * Accepting that you have an addiction
 * Tell your self that you need help
 * Talk to a adult or friend about your addiction
 * Distancing your self from electronic devices

Reference

http://www.helpguide.org/mental/internet_cybersex_addiction.htm http://alcoholism.about.com/library/weekly/aa990830.htm http://personalweb.about.com/od/facebookculture/g/facebook-addiction-definition.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media http://blog.smartrecovery.org/?p=2213

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Walker, Leslie Walker LeslieFirst. "Facebook Addiction Definition: Excessive Time on Facebook." //http://personalweb.about.com/od/facebookculture/g/facebook-addiction-definition.htm//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr 2012.

Young, Kimberly. "Webaholics Anonymous." //http://alcoholism.about.com/library/weekly/aa990830.htm//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr 2012.

. "Internet Addiction." //http://www.helpguide.org/mental/internet_cybersex_addiction.htm//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Apr 2012.