[jen20]

> or even cable television to nearly (any?) degree

24-hour commercial cable news (in the US) is the original sin of addictive media.

[slopinthebag]

I'm not seeing any signs of addiction even within an order of magnitude of social media.

[jen20]

Probably not looking in the right places then. The over 50s are a prime candidate (also for Facebook addiction, but largely reposting nonsense from cable news).