How to solve social network addiction in students
Introduction
Social network addiction is characterized by the level of this use being so extreme that it negatively affects the responsibilities in student’s lives, relationships with other, and security in social lives. The first is effect of education which can decrease their school records if the students are not concentrating with lessons in class but technology items instead. It shows the irresponsibility of their roles. Next effect, the relationships with other has decreased because social network makes less communicate with people in reality. Mostly, they contact each other through social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Whatsapp. Social network is too simple way to have relationships, but it causes people to avoid face-to-face conversation. Security in social lives is the last effect of social network addiction. We often have seen the news about seduction through social media, so It’s easy lure students into harmful real world.
Many studies shown by researchers have concluded that are the effects of so social network addiction. Tiffany (2012) indicated that social network decrease attention of the students and diverts them to avoid study. They don’t have discipline on their work by useless chatting, random searching chat, etc. They cannot succeed on their careers if they still chatting during work. Wilson (2013) explained that from everyone who using social network usually use for escape loneliness, but none of them were abusers or had any problem of phychosis or mental disorder. Booth (2013) said that communication has changed from meeting face-to-face as we used to. Social network can lead to have a weak relationship. It doesn’t make we feel close to each other. Kris (2014) also shows that negative relationships affect on social media 75%, positive 18%, and no effect 7%. Sharon (2012) reported that American student use internet for social network mostly. Online interactive are just for fun, also it has a danger for students. And Sharon (2012) found that sexually attracting is one of social network addiction problem. It’s dangerous thing to students and easy way to engage them in harmful conversation.
According to Umarani (2013), especially, students tended to didn’t aware of how much time they use on social network. It had an affected on real social community and education which implied social network addiction behavior among students. Although, the researchers have not find the solutions to solve this problems. So, these study’s purpose are to analyze cause of social network addiction and to study behavior of the students who addict social media in order to solve this problems appropriately.