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Students are thought to be at the core of the social media issue. According to Dian Schaffhauser<\/a> in her Campus Technology article<\/a>, one fifth of students\u2019 class time is spent using their devices. With this in mind, 70% of students also admit that social media is the biggest distraction. One fifth may seem quite a small number at first, but let’s put this into perspective. Based on his University study<\/a> in America, Professor Barney McCoy<\/a> claims:<\/p>\n “During the typical four years they\u2019re in college classrooms, the average student may be distracted for two-thirds of a school year”.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Considering many of us are paying to study, this is a lot of time and money to waste! Even though this study is American, it also applies to UK Students who are \u201cmost distracted by social media\u201d as revealed by a Global survey in a Telegraph article<\/a>.<\/p>\n Many students (like myself) use social media for enjoyment. But currently, many of us seem use it to procrastinate or to look at during assignments when bordem strikes. This all seems good and fine. But when social media addictions cause quality of work and grades to drop, it becomes a real problem. It means that it distracts students so much that they can\u2019t keep up with the requirements of daily life at Uni. It\u2019s something we should all think about, whether we\u2019re students (of all ages), or parents.<\/p>\n For some of us in proper jobs, technology may be an important part of the job description. Don\u2019t get me wrong, in many ways this can be great. But, it is important to stress the fact that there’s a major downside. Chad Brooks’s\u00a0article<\/a> states that \u201csmartphones, the Internet and Social Media\u201d are among the worst \u201cworkplace productivity killers\u201d.<\/p>\n Like students, addiction to things like social media and the internet can cause a loss in work quality and failure to meet deadlines. For workers, this may also strain \u201cboss\/ employee relationships\u201d (Chad Brooks). At work, employees are expected to work at a professional standard.\u00a0Terrie Campbell<\/a>\u00a0claims that\u00a0“indulging in tech distractions” blurs the “boundary between an employee’s work and personal life”. However, many employees continue to surrender to their social media obsession. This is an increasing problem.<\/p>\n In extreme cases, the level of distraction that addiction brings can drive people into social isolation. This can escalate, so much so, that they don\u2019t even turn up to work. This is another example of how some people push life aside in order to satisfy their addictions.\u00a0It may not seem serious, but being fired is definitely something to be cautious of.<\/p>\n I hope I’ve helped to outline this issue and show just how this kind of distraction is impacting our lives. Stay tuned to find out more about the effects of social media addiction, specifically in terms of physical and mental health.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, I will be looking at how our obsession with social media has become a huge distraction. There\u2019s no denying it, most of us (myself included) are distracted by our social networking accounts. Whether we be at home, at School, at Uni, at work, or even just out with friends, we somehow manage to become…<\/p>\n\u00a0Distracted in the Workplace<\/strong><\/h3>\n