How much time should I spend on social media?

Online social networks (such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, etc.) are a fun way to keep in touch with friends and family, but if you're having trouble logging off, there's a good chance you're spending way too much time on them.

Take the following quiz to find out if you should be concerned.

1. Are online social networks the main way you communicate with your friends?

No. If I want to get in touch with my friends I'll call or text them.

2. Do you check your online social networks when you are in class or at work?

Yes. I can't seem to focus in class or at work unless I check them.

No. I don't feel the need to check them while I'm in school or working; it can wait until later.

3. When doing homework or studying for a test, do you find that you spend more time checking your online social networks than thinking about your school work?

4. How often do you update your online social networks?

5. If you couldn't check your online social networks for a full day would you be able to concentrate on other activities?

Yes. I definitely would be able to do other things.

Most likely. I would probably feel frustrated at first but then I would find something else to do.

No. I would be too busy thinking about who's been trying to contact me and mad that I couldn't update my status.

Center for Young Women's Health

Quiz: How much time should I spend on social media?

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