Symptoms
According to Asare (2015) some common symptoms of social media addiction include; frequent checking of the mobile phone for any notification on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram or any other social media platform, feeling uneasy in the vent where there is no internet connection/access or when the social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter is down. Barry et al (2017) also posits that adolescents that are addicted to social media often express negative effects to their school work because of the excessive use of social media such as checking on their social media applications instead of studying. Another symptom of social media addiction is using of social media when at occasions or activities such as eating, hanging out with family or friends or during a date with someone. On the other hand, Banjanin et al (2015) states that the physical symptoms of social media depression among teenagers include; isolation from other people such as family members, lack of sleep, feeling dissatisfied and feeling inadequacy.