Do you believe Americans is addicted to the Internet and social media?

[Catdancer]

Originally Posted by bingo3000

A couple minutes ago, i was listening to Fox's Bill O'Reilly (8/4/2014), who says that Americans are addicted to the internet and social media and are not informed on the issues of the day. Do you think O'Reilly is right, or is he a "old complainer"?

Isn't the phrase contradictory? People who are addicted to the internet should be better informed no? Also..... the internet and social media are not mutually inclusive. I'm addicted to the vast array of information available, not social media.

Then again, information in it's non biased form (when you can find it) would be the enemy of a person who makes their living out of telling people how and what they should think.

[Feltdesigner]

Originally Posted by texan2yankee

Young Americans are becoming narcissists thanks to social media. I mean why take "selfies" continuously? Who cares when you tweet you are at Starbucks? People are in love with themselves and this attitude is not attractive.

Tour de France had people running in front of cyclist to take selfies

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Ceece

I'm definitely "addicted" to the internet to stay informed, where the hell would I go? TV? Newspapers? I don't think so.

Screw those things...... MSM CRAP MEANT TO KEEP YOU UNINFORMED!!

[clarkemma1987]

We should start to recognize the reality and virtual worlds. Digital addiction is seeing something beautiful and quantifying it by how many “likes” it will get you.

It is an easy thing to identify and most certainly, not an easy thing to break free from. As with most addictions, digital addiction requires acknowledgment, tolerance, and patience.

[Chicano3000X]

Here's a good vid related to the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf2VxeIm1no