Further Research: 'Is being addicted to social media such a bad thing?'

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/08/addicted-social-media-bad-thing

Main points of the article:

• "The virtual twitter me is so much witted and more interesting than the real me" - HIGHLIGHTING FALSE IDENTITY ONLINE!
• He admires people who can go more than half an hour without looking at their phones
• Always checking twitter (that is his culprit for addiction), fighting the urge to tweet, almost like a disease...'twitourettes'
• Twitter is good for Schneider because he is a comedian, so he can test out jokes on twitter and gain a confidence boost
• He has noticed that his concentration span has dwindled since using social media so much
• He finds it terrifying that two year olds can handle an iPad with such dexterity and speed, a two year old he knew even started scrolling and swiping with real objects
• "If only you could block people in real life the way you could on social media" - Laziness and small mindedness
• Asking the question why: it is more acceptable to escape into a good book or become a more intense extrovert of yourself through drinking, than escaping into the internet and becoming a more intense extroverted version of yourself
• Conclusion: "The two year old and I are ahead of the curve, maybe soon it will be fine to say you prefer the virtual world to the real world. Or maybe I'm saying that to justify the fact that I've done no work today"

My Opinion/interpretation

• David Schneider highlights his perspective of being addicted to social media, his personal pros and cons reflecting on a wide scale
• Shows evidence that he prefers the 'virtual version' of himself as opposed to the real version, with tweets giving him a confidence boost 
• Is small minded in the way that he wishes he could block people in real life; taking an 'easy way out option' rather than just brushing them off and getting on with it
• Worried about young children's engagement with technology; a good point! 
• Using social media as an excuse of under productivity and procrastination due to reduced attention span as a result.
• Speculates whether tweets will be as highly valued as novels?? 

Conclusion

Schneider has identified the problem as a whole of social media addiction and how it is impacting on himself personally, society at the present and the younger generation.

He has taken a light hearted approach to the subject. He is aware of the dangers it has caused, but not highlighted a solution to the problem.