Re: Digital fixations?
 

I checked out the actual definition of social media and it appears you guys are correct, my interpretation of what social media is was different to the actual definition.


The definition is:
'websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.'
Which by that definition is a lot of sites/applications.


Like a man in orthopaedic shoes.. I stand corrected.

Re: Digital fixations?
 

Yes technically IG is social media, but mainly, I suspect amongst the youth. It's not a full on social media experience from what I can tell. I like it for the photo shares and a few live stories.

I made the poll because I watched a story on digital detox on BBC. I am starting to think that even constantly checking the news etc is a kind of digital addiction which has crept in on some of us of a certain age.

Re: Digital fixations?
 

This. Definitely. Although I think the addiction started to creep up on me when we got bbc news 24. Now I go through downloads of Today, wato, pm, 6 o'clock news, and midnight news. And I still look at the news sites. And Facebook posts from the bbc, and the guardian. And some local (uk) news sites from areas I have previously lived in.