. Complete the Social Media Disorder scaleLinks to an external site..  How did you score?  What do you think about the items on the scale?  Why do you think that different patterns are found across the world?

On the social media disorder scale, I scored 3 out of 9 which means I do not have social media disorder. I believe in this generation if the survey was displayed publicly many would come to find that they have this order and never knew. An interesting observation I heard was that people who rely on social media opinions/judgments to determine their personal interests don’t truly know themselves and what they like. I believe patterns are different across the world because of how behind or advanced they are in technology. For example, I traveled to Jamaica recently and they are a little behind in technology but I noticed they were more connected to who they are as a person and felt that spending time on technology for fun is for lazy people, they feel instead you should work hard to establish family wealth then can relax. Online networking is truly important but we must find a way to also be able to disconnect and know our true selves.