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Chapters 4 and 5 discussed social media addiction among adolescents in urban China from both the U&G perspective and the effects of sociopsychological traits. Given the widespread and ever-increasing use of social media among adolescents, parents, educators, and society in general must pay more attention to the impact of social media addiction on adolescents. Do adolescents benefit from various kinds of social media? Do they suffer any negative consequences because of social media addiction? This chapter examines the impact of social media on adolescent academic performance and social capital.
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Huang, H. (2014). Social Media Addiction, Academic Performance, and Social Capital. In: Social Media Generation in Urban China. Understanding China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45441-7_6
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