Social Pressures are the combined pressures that are around you during everyday life such as
Peer Pressure, Academic Pressures and Socioeconomic Pressure
.
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further set of tests measured sleep quality, self-esteem, anxiety, depression and emotional investment in social media
which relates to the pressure felt to be available 24/7 and the anxiety around, for example. … Not responding immediately to texts or posts.
Social Pressures are the combined pressures that are around you during everyday life such as
Peer Pressure, Academic Pressures and Socioeconomic Pressure
.
Social media has given rise to a new term “virtual peer pressure”. It is
the type of peer pressure kids’ face online almost daily
. According to Orly Katz, a youth empowerment and life skills expert, kids these days takes minutes to reject fellow kids and create hate groups against them.
More than half (57%)
think social media creates “overwhelming pressure” to succeed. The gloomy view on life being taken by a growing minority of young people comes amid reports of an increased rate of teenage suicide.
Explanation: What social pressures help shape yourself? Would you have wanted it otherwise?
Expectation, behavior, and judgement
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Normative social influence is usually associated with compliance, where a person changes their public behaviour but not their private beliefs. For example, a
person may feel pressurised to smoke because
the rest of their friends are. … This means any change of behavior is temporary.
Social Media and Teens
Despite a minority reporting negative effects of social media, some teens experience negative outcomes, including: 45% of teens feel overwhelmed by online drama.
43% of teens feel pressured to keep up a specific outward appearance online
. 37% of teens feel pressured to receive virtual “likes”.
- Consciously refuse to compare yourself with others. …
- Measuring your success by your own goals. …
- Find your own purpose and pursue it wholeheartedly. …
- Refuse to be moved by what others are doing online.
If completely disconnecting from social media is not possible, consider lessening the time you spend online.
Set a daily limit
, eliminate some forms of social media while keeping others, or just make a conscious effort to put the phone or computer away during certain times of the day.
How can we prevent media influence?
- Consciously choose which media you will consume: …
- Form your own opinion about issues you care about: …
- Chew on it: …
- Connect meaningfully with other humans: …
- Avoid “ain’t it awful” at all costs:
- Pay attention to how you feel. …
- Plan ahead. …
- Talk to the person who is pressuring, let him or her know how it makes you feel and tell the person stop.
- Have a secret code to communicate with parents. …
- Give an excuse. …
- Have friends with similar values and beliefs.
Social media only continues to grow as a form of communication and entertainment, meaning social platforms get more powerful as their memberships rise. Due to this, social media impacts society in the following ways:
Generating visibility around social, ethical, environmental and political views or issues
.
However, social media use can also
negatively affect teens
, distracting them, disrupting their sleep, and exposing them to bullying, rumor spreading, unrealistic views of other people’s lives and peer pressure. The risks might be related to how much social media teens use.
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.
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.
