ABSTRACT
Users are the fundamental constituents of social media. Chapter 2 starts with an overview of the latest statistics regarding social media users and illustrates their general psychological traits. Issues of FoMO, the digital divide, and cyberbullying are discussed. The chapter addresses the debate over whether smartphones and social media have destroyed a generation and discusses the potential influence of the iPhone (and smartphones in general) on the entire generation, referred to as the iGens.
