Background: The use of social media among young adults show negative health effects and most detrimental are mental health and well-being. There is a great risk of developing an addiction and that the target group who use social media to a large extent can feel more socially isolated. Aim: The purpose of the study was to describe how young adults between the ages of 17 and 20 felt that the use of social media affects their activity balance. Method: Qualitative design with semi-structured interviews was used as method. Intentional selection and network selection were used in which ten participants participated. The study used a qualitative content analysis in data processing. Results: The common depiction was that social media and mobile use affected sleep, when you fell asleep but allowed communication between friends and family. Conclusion: The use of social media stole time from other activities but was also integrated into participants' everyday lives

This essay has tried to acquire a deeper understanding about how and why our society’s agents leave or try to leave the digital world. What problems do the ones who tries to leave, the ones who choose to step aside from the digital world experience and why. To reach this knowledge, a digital ethnographic study has been done by looking at discussion forums online that treats the topic of people wanting to leave or limit their participation in the digital world. The findings are clear and in line with previous attempts at this - it seems like people find themselves in a loss of agency, in a loss of the possibility to do what they want to because of their experiences with the digital world. This seems to relate to the new social possibilities and therefore needs, the digital social platforms give rise too. This essay can also provide knowledge for a deeper understanding of why people on discussion forums find that kind of participation more meaningful than other social media such as Facebook and Instagram. The reason for this, which also is the most important takeaway from this essay, is the difference between acting digital alienated and acting out of oneself. Being digital alienated seems to have a relationship with the things we do that doesn’t end up with a feeling of meaning, meanwhile acting from oneself in all its forms, seems to do so.