A lot of it depends on the media.

If it's something that's shortening your attention span where you are looking for a constant fix to release dopamine, it's an addiction.

If you can focus and read a long article, that's no different than reading a book.

I've noticed after scrolling headlines, it's very hard for me to focus enough to read long paragraphs anymore.

I think that was the purpose of a lot of social media, to keep our attention spans so short we don't study actual knowledge and get sucked into Hollywood nonsense worshipping celebrities and useless information.

And free porn, which is a powerful political weapon to weaken a country.