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Addictiveness of social media
Social media addiction: an industry of unreliability
BMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4281 (Published 21 June 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l4281
- Isobel Baxter, fourth year medical student,
- Amy Craig, fourth year medical student,
- Ellena Cotton, fourth year medical student,
- Thomas Liney, fourth year medical student
- University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
- isobel.baxter{at}student.manchester.ac.uk
We agree with Zendle and Bowden-Jones that further research is needed to better understand the association between social media use and addiction,1 but several considerations should be made before science jumps into bed with industry.
First, the reliability of data from social media …
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