Teens can’t switch off from Instagram even if they want to. Teens talk of Instagram in terms of an ‘addicts narrative’ spending too much time indulging in a compulsive behaviour that they know is negative but feel powerless to resist.

“negative wellbeing effects can result from user behaviors” and documenting four video-watching behaviors that bring about the majority of negative wellbeing effects: (1) late night use, (2) heavy habitual use, (3) unintentional use, and (4) problematic content.

despite the rules that don’t allow those under the age of 13 to be on Snapchat, our focus group clearly showed that the middle school set was a rabid – almost exclusive – user of Snapchat.

a parent asked ‘ how old were you when you started using social media.’ All of them said btwn ages 8-12 and admitted to lieing about their birthdate to get around it

compulsive usage on TikTok is rampant and our users need better tools to understand their usage, manage it effectively, and ensure being on TikTok is time well spent