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Negative Effect of Social Media

Social media allows for sharing of information through virtual networks and communities. Excessive social media use of more than 3 hours per day has been linked to poorer mental health in teens. Seeing only positive parts of others' lives on social media can negatively impact mood by comparison to one's own life. Social media can be addictive due to FOMO and constant checking, similar to cigarettes or alcohol. The largest social media platforms each have their own areas of focus, such as sharing photos, videos, news or real-time updates.

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Negative Effect of Social Media

Social media allows for sharing of information through virtual networks and communities. Excessive social media use of more than 3 hours per day has been linked to poorer mental health in teens. Seeing only positive parts of others' lives on social media can negatively impact mood by comparison to one's own life. Social media can be addictive due to FOMO and constant checking, similar to cigarettes or alcohol. The largest social media platforms each have their own areas of focus, such as sharing photos, videos, news or real-time updates.

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Negative Effect Of

Social Media
What is social media?
Social media is a computer-based technology that
facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and
information through the building of virtual
networks and communities. By design, social
media is Internet-based and gives users quick
electronic communication of content. Content
includes personal information, documents,
videos, and photos.

The risks might be related to how much social media teens


use. A 2019 study of more than 6,500 12- to 15-year-olds in the

U.S. found that those who spent more than three hours a day
using social media might be at heightened risk for mental
health problems. Another 2019 study of more than 12,000 13-
to 16-year-olds in England found that using social media more
than three times a day predicted poor mental health and
well-being in teens.

Spending too long on social networking sites could be


adversely affecting your mood. In fact, chronic users are
more likely to report poor mental health, including
symptoms of anxiety and depression. It doesn't take
much thinking to figure out why. Social media lets you
see the carefully selected best parts of everyone else's
lives, which you compare to the negatives in your own
life.

FOMO is just what it sounds like: a form of


anxiety that you get when you're scared of
missing out on a positive experience that
someone else is having. For example, you
might constantly check your messages to see
if anyone has invited you out, or focus on
your Instagram feed all day to make sure that
nobody is doing something cool without you.

Social media can be more


addictive than cigarettes and
alcohol. It has a powerful draw
for many people that leads to
them checking it all the time
without even thinking about it.

Facebook - 2.23 Youtube - 1.9 Instagram - 1 Twitter - 3.35


billion MAUs billion MAUs billion MAUs million MAUs

Facebook is the YouTube is a Instagram is a Twitter is a social


biggest social media
video-sharing photo and video media site for
site around, with
platform where sharing social news,
more than two billion
people using it every
users watch a media app. It entertainment,
month. That’s almost billion hour of sports, politics,
allows you to
a third of the world’s videos every day. and more. What
population! There are To get started,
share a wide makes Twitter
more than 65 million you can create a range of different from
businesses using YouTube channel content such as most other social
Facebook Pages and for your brand photos, videos, media sites is
more than six million
where you can Stories, and live that it has a
advertisers actively
upload videos for videos. It has strong emphasis
promoting their
your subscribers on real-time
business on also recently
Facebook, which to view, like, information —
comment, and
launched IGTV things that are
makes it a pretty safe
bet if you want to share. for longer-form happening right
have a presence on videos. now.
social media.

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https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/tween-and-teen-health/in-depth/teens-and-social-media-use/art-
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https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/negative-effects-social-media/
https://buffer.com/library/social-media-sites/

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