Whether social networking addiction exists is debatable depending
upon the definition of addiction used, but there is clearly emerging
evidence that a minority of social network users experience addictionlike
symptoms as a consequence of their excessive use [7]. Studies
endorsing only a few potential addiction criteria are not sufficient for
establishing clinically significant addiction status. Similarly, significant
impairment and negative consequences that discriminate addiction
from mere abuse have (to date) generally not been assessed in published
studies. Thus, future studies have great potential in addressing the
emergent phenomenon of SNS addiction by means of applying better
methodological designs, including more representative samples, and
using more reliable and valid addiction scales so that current gaps in
empirical knowledge can be filled