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  2. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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    One of the most widely debated effects of social networking has been its influence on productivity. In many schools and workplaces, social media sites are blocked because employers believe their employees will be distracted and unfocused on the sites. It seems, at least from one study, that employers do, indeed, have reason to be concerned.

  3. Problematic social media use - Wikipedia

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    Experts from many different fields have conducted research and held debates about how using social media affects mental health.Research suggests that mental health issues arising from social media use affect women more than men and vary according to the particular social media platform used, although it does affect every age and gender demographic in different ways.

  4. Social media in education - Wikipedia

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    Social media can provide students with resources that they can utilize in essays, projects, and presentations. Students can easily access comments made by teachers and peers and offer feedback to teachers. [19] Social media can offer students the opportunity to collaborate by sharing information without requiring face to face meetings. [20]

  5. Problematic smartphone use - Wikipedia

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    It is closely related to other forms of digital media overuse such as social media addiction or internet addiction disorder. Commonly known as " smartphone addiction ", the term "problematic smartphone use" was proposed by researchers to describe similar behaviors presenting without evidence of addiction.

  6. Digital literacy - Wikipedia

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    Both digital and media literacy include the ability to examine and comprehend the meaning of messages, judge credibility, and assess the quality of a digital work. [ 10 ] With the rise of file sharing on services such as Napster an ethics element began to get included in definitions of digital literacy. [ 11 ]

  7. Hindi literature - Wikipedia

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    Hindi literature (Hindi: हिंदी साहित्य, romanized: hindī sāhitya) includes literature in the various Central Indo-Aryan languages, also known as Hindi, some of which have different writing systems. Earliest forms of Hindi literature are attested in poetry of Apabhraṃśa such as Awadhi and Marwari.

  8. Social media and the effects on American adolescents

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    Social media allows people to communicate with other people using social media, no matter the distance between them. [4] Some adolescents with social and emotional issues feel more included with social media and online activities. [5] Social media can give people a sense of belonging which can lead to an increase in identity development.

  9. Disinformation - Wikipedia

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    The research literature on how disinformation spreads is growing. [81] Studies show that disinformation spread in social media can be classified into two broad stages: seeding and echoing. [5] "Seeding," when malicious actors strategically insert deceptions, like fake news, into a social media ecosystem, and "echoing" is when the audience ...