Unveiling the doom in addictive doomscrolling

Today, time is worth nothing. The immense growth in social media usage in the younger demographic

is evidence of a normalized internet addiction. I will aim to explore why young people are prone to

phone addictions and end up in a never-ending spiral of doom scrolling. To understand this issue

furtherer, I’ll bring you back to the start.

The internet had the intend of educating and entertaining, but slowly a third purpose emerged: earning

money. As seen with YouTube, many creators were chased off the platform and migrated to other

platforms or quit. This happened because many channels materialized for the sole purpose of

monetization and profit. The passionate YouTubers were dispersed because the new channels were,

and still are taking up their space.

Shorter content rose with Vine and quickly after, TikTok took over the market for 15-second videos.

As TikTok grew inevitably, the money-making channels from YouTube adapted. They capitalize on

the demographic of TikTok users. TikTok’s format is an addictive format. The user gets stimulated,

there’s a song, a voiceover, a video or slides of pictures, or/and a caption to read. At other times it

might be anonymous storytime summitted by other users used with split screen with gameplay to