But what happens when Facebook turns into an addiction? Facebook addiction is similar in some respects to drug, pornography and gambling addictions because Facebook use provides rewards to the ...

While “Facebook addiction” isn’t formally recognized in the recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, researchers suggest it’s a growing concern ...

For many Facebook users, the urge to like a kitten video or snoop on a high-school flame is almost irresistible. As it turns out, this type of "Facebook addiction" may show up in the brain: A new ...

Are you addicted to Facebook? Researchers have developed a new tool to measure Facebook addiction: the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. In January 2011, Dr. Cecilie Schou Andreassen performed a ...

Researchers have developed a new instrument to measure Facebook addiction, the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. Are you a social media enthusiast or simply a Facebook addict? Researchers from ...

Hi, I'm Zack, and I'm a Facebook addict. Addiction is partly in the mind, and we can all be gripped by something that throttles everything else in our life. From social media to hardcore broadband ...

Norwegian researchers have developed a Facebook addiction test with a scale that likens users of the social network to alcoholics and drug addicts. And women, younger people and the socially ...

This reality may put some users at risk of developing 'Facebook addiction,' a new study warns, if it becomes a substitute for offline support from people in one's daily, physical life. Facebook is ...

New research from the University of Bergen (UiB) suggests Facebook addiction is not only real but measurable using the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. A research team led by Doctor of Psychology ...

As tech companies are coming under increasing pressure to address digital addiction, Facebook's head of global safety Antigone Davis joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss what the social media ...

As it turns out, this type of "Facebook addiction" may show up in the brain: A new study found that the brains of people who report compulsive urges to use the social networking site show some ...