FACEBOOK ADDICTION: CONCERNS, CRITICISM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS--A RESPONSE TO ANDREASSEN AND COLLEAGUES.

This paper provides a brief critique of the Facebook addiction research field in relation to the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale developed by Andreaessen and colleagues (2012). Just like the term "Internet addiction," the term "Facebook addiction" may already be obsolete because there are many activ...

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Published in:	Psychological Reports Vol. 110; no. 2; pp. 518 - 521
Main Author:	GRIFFITHS, MARK D.
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Apr2012
Subjects:	Facebook (Web resource) Andreassen, C. S. Social media addiction Psychometrics Psychology Online social networks Research on Internet users Application software
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Summary:	This paper provides a brief critique of the Facebook addiction research field in relation to the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale developed by Andreaessen and colleagues (2012). Just like the term "Internet addiction," the term "Facebook addiction" may already be obsolete because there are many activities that a person can engage in on the Facebook website (e.g., messaging friends, playing games like Farmville, and gambling). What is needed is a new psychometric scale examining potential addiction to a particular online application (i.e., social networking) rather than activity on a particular website (i.e., Facebook).