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Confessions of a Social Mediaholic: Understanding Social Media Addiction
Ms. Farin Akbar, our new blogger, shared the confessions of a social mediaholic in this article. As a child, Geeta was happy enough, with no responsibilities. She had a great childhood. Her happiest memories involved playing with her toys or family vacations to see her grandparents. She would run around with bare feet, sing stupid…
Lost in Gaming: Understanding Gaming Addiction and Its Effects
Gaming culture is stronger, more pervasive, and more accepted than ever before. With all the validation and the fact that so many other people are doing the same thing, we may not even realize that we have a problem—that we play way more than we should, that we only care about playing, ruining relationships, work,…
Selfie Addiction: Signs, Causes and Healthy Social Media Habits
It doesn’t need a definition. Everybody knows what it means. People young and old find it interesting and fun to take selfies and share them with people. The culture is so popular that most smartphones advertise their selfie camera rather than their internal storage capacities. Numerous apps are available to get that perfect selfie shot…
PUBG Addiction
In the year 2000, Battle Royale was released – a Japanese film that follows the lives of a group of high schoolers who are forced to fight to their deaths by the Japanese government. Fast forward to 2018 and PlayerUnknown’s BattleGround (PUBG) is released, and it caters to a generation of screen users. In the…