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Modern problem – internet addiction

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? A trip to the bathroom, reading the newspaper or maybe brush your teeth? For many young women the first thing they do after waking up in the morning is a check of their Facebook page. This according to a recent survey done by NBC Universal’s Oxygen Media.

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A new study done by Oxygen Media shows that for many women, checking facebook is a daily morning routine.

1,605 adults in the United States where included in this poll about the use of social media. 34 percent said that Facebook comes before brushing their teeth, and 40 percent described themselves as "Facebook addicts."

You would hope that the addiction is lessened after falling asleep, but this is not the case. The survey found that 26 percent of women aged 18-34 get up in the middle of the night to read text messages. Maybe that special boy they have a crush on just wrote them, and they certainly don’t want to make him wait until the morning!

Why talk to people face to face when you can talk to them online? 57 percent of women surveyed said “they feel more confident about their online persona than their real life one.”

In the days of chivalrous past men used to be best friends with electronic devices and technology, but today it seems the playing field has been levelled. This survey makes it very clear that women seem to be permanently stuck on their phones and laptops.

Some people use Facebook for a private reason and some for business reasons. 63 percent polled said they use the social networking site for networking and career, but then there are 42 percent who see a problem with posting photos of themselves.

Tracking someone, knowing where they have been, are and going to be is not difficult these days since we have Facebook, Twitter and other social networking websites. This study shows that women aren’t too concerned about being easy to follow at any given time. 56 percent of Twitter users surveyed are fine with letting people know their location. As if that’s not enough, 53 percent post personal problems they are having at the moment.

Last but not least we have the younger women between 18-24 years old. 54 percent say they don’t trust Facebook with their private information and 72 percent believe that once it’s up on Facebook “it will live on forever."

Kids today think twice before publishing anything online, as they know that even their parents are high tech enough to be able to see their latest post on Facebook or Twitter. 89 percent of these young women in the survey said that not everything should be posted on social nets for just that reason.

Laila Anani

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