Author: Niklas Ihssen, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University

The typical adult in the UK spends nearly two hours on social media per day. And for younger users, this can easily be up to five hours. The likes of Instagram or TikTok seem to draw us into their ever-changing feeds and it’s difficult to tear ourselves away from these platforms. Now our latest study shows that even our body reflects a state of being glued to the screen when we are on social media. We asked 54 young adults to browse their Instagram on their phone for 15 minutes as they would normally do in their daily life. However,…