However, multiple studies have found a strong link between heavy social media and an
increased risk for depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm
, and even suicidal thoughts. Social media may promote negative experiences such as: Inadequacy about your life or appearance.
Digital media has become a significant factor in many young person's day to day routine. … On an academic level, social
media can have a negative effect on student productivity
when it comes to concentration in the classroom, timekeeping, and conscientiousness.
However, multiple studies have found a strong link between heavy social media and an increased risk for
depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm
, and even suicidal thoughts. Social media may promote negative experiences such as: Inadequacy about your life or appearance.
Stalking, identity theft, personal attacks, and misuse of information
are some of the threats faced by the users of social media. Most of the time, the users themselves are to blame as they end up sharing content that should not be in the public eye.
Social media has been linked to
higher levels of loneliness, envy, anxiety, depression, narcissism and decreased social skills
.
However, multiple studies have found a strong link between heavy social media and an increased risk for depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm, and even suicidal thoughts. Social media may promote negative experiences such as:
Inadequacy about your life or appearance
.
- cyberbullying (bullying using digital technology)
- invasion of privacy.
- identity theft.
- your child seeing offensive images and messages.
- the presence of strangers who may be there to ‘groom' other members.
The positive aspects of social media
Social media enables you to:
Communicate and stay up to date with family and friends around the world
. Find new friends and communities; network with other people who share similar interests or ambitions. Join or promote worthwhile causes; raise awareness on important issues.
The internet and social media
has drastically changed the way people all over
the world interact and communicate. … Social media networks allow us the opportunity to share opinions with a far wider audience. Another big change that has occurred is that there is now no filter on the way we speak.
Apparently, fame on social media has a considerable influence on how a person perceives their status in real life as well. The matter of fame
has been proven to have an effect on people's lives since
the existence of civil society. … By being called “social,” the media have a noticeable effect on socializing.
Lack of positive feedback can decrease adolescents' feelings of self-worth, multi-institutional study finds. … The team found that teenagers who received few “likes” during a standardized social media interaction
felt more strongly rejected
, and reported more negative thoughts about themselves.
There's bad news for those self-proclaimed social media “addicts”: multiple studies from the last year show that too
much
time spent on your favorite platforms can make you depressed and less satisfied with life. It starts early, too; even young teens report negative effects from social media obsession.
Social media use has also been associated with cyber bullying and cyber abuse by anonymous users online, which leads to problems of self-esteem, privacy ,etc. Most studies have shown that, social media's
violent games result in increase in violent tendencies and behaviours in children
.
Young people spend a lot of time on social media. They're also
more susceptible to peer pressure
, low self-esteem and mental ill-health. A number of studies have found associations between increased social media use and depression, anxiety, sleep problems, eating concerns, and suicide risk.
Social Media Impacts on Relationships. Millions of people use social media platforms daily, and those apps have become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. … Researchers have found that
increased social
media usage could lead to more relationship problems, infidelity, and even divorce.
