Stephanie Enjoys Using Social Media, but Her Parents Are a Bit

Stephanie enjoys using social media, but her parents are a bit concerned. When they compare their older daughter's use of social media, they see a great increase with Stephanie's use including checking her accounts several times an hour. When their older daughter visited, they noticed that she, too, was spending much more time on social media than she used to. Their daughters are about 10 years apart in age so both of them grew up with social media and the Internet as part of their lives as early as they can remember. The conclusion that Stephanie's parents have come to for the increased use of social media is that ______.

A) they have less access to social media sites with their smart phones
B) there has been an increase in smart phones at about the same rate as increased social media usage
C) each daughter's media literacy has increased over the last decade
D) they are both suffering from depression associated with social media