New Media use & addiction Flashcards
How is addiction defined?
A complex condition, a brain disease that is manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences.
What is behavioral addiction according to the DSM-5?
Gambling disorder is the only behavioral addiction categorized under “substance-related and addictive disorders
What are effects of problematic smartphone use?
- Lower social skills & increased conflict with others
- Anxiety & loneliness
- Lower psychological well-being
- Low self-esteem
- Depression and anxiety
- Impaired attention
- Compromised inhibitory control
- Sleep deprivation
- Lowered academic performance
What is meant with the game of attention?
The smartphone is a ‘slot machine’ making you check your phone regularly to see “what you have won” all working on variable ratio interval
- Getting likes on Facebook and Instagram
- Cute emojis in text messages
- New followers on Twitter
What is FOMO (fear of missing out) ?
A pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences which one is absent
Frequent checking –> reinforcement –> addiction
What does Ramsay brown that studied neuroscience say about instagram and likes?
They’re holding some of them back for you to let you know later in a big burst. Like, hey, the 30 likes we didn’t mention from a little while ago.
There’s some algorithm somewhere that predicted from an experiment that we think we can see an improvement in his behavior if you give it to him in this burst instead of that burst
How can you reset your relationship with new media?
- Detox periods
- Soft but ongoing restrictions in use
- Distance yourself: wrist watch, dedicated alarm clock, notebook agenda
