Social Media And Media Essay

More and more college students are developing strong feelings of depression due to the spectrum of social media. The word cyber bullying may come into one’s mind due to hearing the two phrases: social media and depression. Cyber bullying is still existent, but depression amongst college students is coming from younger people seeing other peers pictures and videos from a social event that they attended. “Social media is a really easy way to feel excluded. Facebook, Instagram and Snap chat make me hyper-aware of the activities I wasn’t invited to partake in, and less involved in the activities that are actually in front of me”, said Lily Osman, 18, a student at Franklin and Marshall College. “Anxiety makes me feel as if I did something wrong,

Students spending all their time on social media and worrying about being in the loop are usually the ones who are affected with depression. Denise Daniels, parenting expert and pediatric nurse, states, “These kids aren’t connecting emotionally. Emails, texts- these lack the emotive qualities of face-to-face interaction..What’s the balance? If all you’re doing is using Facebook, you’re not getting the interpersonal connection you need” (Face time vs. Screen time: The Technological Impact On Communication para. 7 & 8). Instead of spending all their time on social media, students should be going out and creating their own memories with the people whom they care about and make them happy. But some other college students create their own memories by abusing drugs and alcohol, which does not go

According to Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Abuse, also known as CASA, recently polled more than 2,000 teens online or by phone. The result also showed that compared to teens who don’t visit social networking sites daily, rather than those who do are: five times more likely to use tobacco, three times more likely to drink alcohol, and twice as likely to use marijuana. Students with depression will try to do anything they can to feel more accepted by others in order to cope with depression and feel better; so, if they see other people happy by using illegal substances, then they may think that this will help them feel better or even not be depressed at all. Students who do this may feel better for a little bit, but as time goes on, it will still have a negative affect due to the fact that it can become addicting and it is also illegal. Not only does social media have an impact on college students mental health, it also has an impact on college students perspective on their lives: whether or not they feel as if they don’t have any purpose of living