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  2. Social media and the effects on American adolescents

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    Social media can significantly influence body image concerns in female adolescents. [27] Young women who are easily influenced by the images of others on social media may hold themselves to an unrealistic standard for their bodies because of the prevalence of digital image alteration. Social media can be a gateway to Body dysmorphic disorder.

  3. Friendship recession - Wikipedia

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    Many believe increased technology and social media usage is a culprit as there are links between heavy social media and internet use and fewer friends and time spent with others. It is thought that time spent interacting with others online or passively consuming content is of lower quality than time spent with others in person. [15] [16]

  4. Digital media use and mental health - Wikipedia

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    A mediated model research study was done to see the effects of social media use on psychological well-being both in positive and negative ways. Although social media has a stigma of negative influence, this study looks into the positive as well. The positive influence of social media resulted in the feeling of connectedness and relevance with ...

  5. How does social media affect your mental health? - AOL

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    Another 2023 study found that when teens between the ages of 12 and 13 persistently checked their social media (more than 15 times per day), it was "associated with changes in how their brains ...

  6. The impact of social media on the mental health of Gen Z

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    As many as 95% of teens ages 13 to 17 use social media, per a 2023 Surgeon General report, and at least 35% of these users spend more than two hours a day on social media, according to McKinsey.

  7. Social media and psychology - Wikipedia

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    In an article titled Social Impact of Psychological Research on Well-Being Shared in Social Media, Pulido et al. [22] found a 15.7% social impact in their results. These new results were compared to a previous study conducted by Pulido et al., [ 23 ] which had a high of 4.98% compared to 27.5% in the new study.

  8. Social media in education - Wikipedia

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    However, social media are controversial because, in addition to providing new means of connection, critics claim that they damage self-esteem, shortens attention spans, and increase mental health issues. A 2016 dissertation presented surveys that focused on the impact of social media.

  9. Consequential strangers - Wikipedia

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    His predictions proved prescient. Today, at least 1.6 billion people are connected via computer and mobile devices. Various social media, such as blogs, wikis, Twitter, SMS, and networking sites like Facebook facilitate contact, coordination, and collaboration across boundaries of time and space—and at minimal cost. [14]