TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat… teenagers are spending more and more time on these apps. But why are they so addicted?
TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat… teenagers spend crazy time on social networks. But why are they so addicted? MCE TV tells you everything from A to Z!
TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat: short and funny videos
Teens are increasingly addicted to Tik Tok, Instagram and Snapchat ! All day, young people spend their time scrolling through short videos on their phone.
Entertainment, advice and even studies, find many uses for this content. cooking recipes, dances, beauty tipsteachers explain… TikTok and others are full of different and varied videos! “When it’s really fun, we share”explains a teenager to RTL.
Regardless of the topics covered, it is the very short format of these videos that teenagers like. “When you see videos on TikTok, it makes you want. But Youtube talks too much”explains another young man to our colleagues.
Similarly, one of his classmates estimates that a 5-minute video, ” it’s too much “. In short, the “YouTube model” is already obsolete for them !
With TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, teenagers scroll very fast. Especially when a piece of content is too long or doesn’t catch their attention!
Crazy time wasted on networks
If teenagers spend a lot of time on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat, fewer of them publish. Indeed, many of them try to protect themselves. And for good reason, they are well aware of this the dangers of these apps !
“People won’t like you and they will put you down”, fears for example a teenager with RTL. Still others have fear of parental gaze ! “I’m afraid of doing something he won’t like”explains another young man.
That said, all these teenagers acknowledge that they waste a lot of time on TikTok, Instagram and co. “Sometimes I find myself watching Reels for 1 or 2 hours, when it’s not what I wanted to do”admits a teenager to RTL.
And one more to beat: “On the weekends, sometimes I spend there 8 hours a day”. Despite this sad observation, none of them are ready to stop!
