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Social media has really mixed things up hasn't it? It was created with the impression life would be so much easier with quick access to communication with each other, but now more and more of us are wondering if it's made us all a little too well connected. And not only that, but it's been linked to a decline in mental health and it's been scientifically proven to be incredibly addictive. And with the latest data scandal with Facebook having people deleting their profiles I can't help but wonder "is the age of social media coming to an end?" Let's start with the science stuff. Mark Griffiths at Nottingham Trent University, one of the experts at World Health Organisation who this January classed gaming addiction as a mental health disorder, has been studying gambling addictions and internet addictions including excessive social media addiction. In his research, Griffiths has found that a technological compulsion like ‘social media addicti...
