Overestimates of social media addiction are common and contribute to moral panic around social media use.

Evidence

Overestimates of social media addiction are common but costly (Scientific Reports)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The Lawrence case lacked essential elements for a moral panic. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 40; Moral panics reflect deeper social tensions rather than real threats. — Moral Panic; A moral panic happens when society reacts with exaggerated fear or anger to a group seen as a threat to moral values. — Moral Panic (+12 more)

Related

• Protecting children from social media is not moral panic; the dangers of addictive platforms are more comparable to smoking than rock music. (similarity 0.80)