In today’s internet age, social media plays many important roles in our daily lives but when we allow it to distract us, it poses many risks to almost every aspect of our life. The dark side of social media is its addictive nature.
As social media is becoming more popular, users all over the world, irrespective of age, sex, status, profession, or nationality spend a large amount of their time on social media, chatting, updating status, exchanging pictures, sharing trending news, and videos, etc.
There is no doubt that social media has become part of our daily lives. As long as we have a smartphone, social media accounts or we belong to any social media platform, we may experience a low level of productivity in school, place of work, or personal projects because our easy accessibility to these social networking sites may put us at risks of being distracted by its interesting features.
Social media distraction occurs when our attention is taken away from our daily obligations because we want to be on social media for certain reasons. Social media distraction is real and it affects most internet users directly or indirectly. For many people, it is an irresistible temptation to check their phone when a notification pops up. Others cannot do without chatting on social media while talking, reading, praying, eating, cooking, or driving. All these contribute to distractions from daily responsibilities.
As long as we have social media accounts and we are active on some social media platforms, we may sometimes experience distractions and low productivity in school, place of work, or other personal projects due to our easy accessibility to these social networking websites.