Social media has several negative effect on us The general argument made by Natalie Jacewicz in her article "Social media bad for the minds of young people, right? Maybe not." is that "social media may help improve mental health by boosting self-esteem". More specifically Jacewicz argues that we should embrace social media because it "provides a source of emotional support". I disagree with Jacewicz argument and say that young American women and men my age should limit the amount of time they spend on social media because too much it is bad for their health, both physically and psychologically. Let me explain the divisions of how in details below. First, she states that "social media may help improve mental health by boosting self-esteem and providing a source of emotional support" I think that …show more content…
I also disagree with this statement because I believe that social media is actually addicting, and provokes a feeling of sadness which is also mentally unhealthy. In Walton's research article she addresses a study found a few years ago from Swansea University, and interprets how they found that people experienced the psychological symptoms of withdrawal when they stopped using social media. To get more into depth, what she implies is that the more we consume social media, the more it reduces our happiness when we stop using it leaving us in a state of social isolation. According to an information, resource and solution center for veterans called Make the Connection social, withdrawal and isolation can cause victims difficulty in accomplishing regular tasks. The effects of this symptom include relationship problems, loneliness, drug or alcohol abuse and trouble sleeping. Which are all either psychological or physical affects. This is another way social media not only psychologically but physically affects us, and why we should spend less time on
This evidence attempts to bring about change in order to sway young adults to find a balance between social media and depression.
As technology progress, humans evolve to the advanced technology and enhance our lives via technology. We connect to our families, friends and others through social media such as Facebook. Social media takes up a huge part in our lives. Social media infest us with information that is significant and insignificant to us. In the journalist Maria Konnikova’s article “How Facebook makes us unhappy?”, Konnikova divulges many aspects of people on social media through researching and experience, and finds how social makes us unhappy. She assumes that Facebook is playing a huge role in electronic communication.. I agree with Konnikova findings after reading her article. In addition, she concludes that if you are engaged, active, and creative you will not sorrowful on Social media. However, if you are passively browsing and refuse to engage, you will be depressed.
A lot of people think that social media is all positive, but it’s not. I believe that social media is a huge negative source in our lives. Many studies have shown that being on your phone or social media too much can actually lead to addiction or isolation to other people. I don’t understand why you would want to be on social media that much to where you would get addicted to it and not even want to
Social media is like a virus, you can’t stop people from going online. Depression itself has no remedy, people just have to balance it by therapy and medication. There is no solution to the growing rates of social media connecting to depression, but there has been many studies that proves it to be true. Counseling psychologist, Katey Baruth claims that “participants who did not believe their friendships were of great quality or value on social media sites were also found to be at much greater risk for the development of depressive symptoms”. She explains how social media users believes that social interactions are not valuable which is likely for them to experience the depressive symptoms. It goes back to personal perception, people can choose to use social media to connect with others or they can put themselves down. Of course, many older generations will probably disagree with this assertion that people can’t just choose how they feel. Older generations will blame social media itself, how everything is complicated because it’s easier to find resources and it decreases our social interaction. Marche mentions Moira Burke, a graduate student at the Human-Computer Institute at Carnegie Mellon who studied Facebook users, she believes that, “People whose friends write to them semi-publicly on Facebook experience decreases in loneliness… [Versus] scanning your friends’ status updates and updating the world on your own activities via your wall… correlates to feelings of disconnectedness”. She clarifies that choosing how to communicate online can affect the individual’s mood. It’s a tool for people to choose for socializing or just expressing their
The University of Salford in the UK did a study last year on social media’s effects on self-esteem and anxiety, and reported that 50% of their 298 participants said that their “use of social networks like Facebook and Twitter makes their lives worse”. (Medical Daily) The study also reported that participants said ...
“OH MY GOD”! “says” Disha. She says that world has change from when we use to play fun game like board games, card games, and athletic games now we can’t get off the technology. Also, she mentions how she remembers the activities she use to do while she visit her grandparents such as making cookies, reading story book, etc. She says during her childhood it took very little effort to have fun. There were simple games, such as jump rope and other activities made from natural materials brought laughter and happiness to our families. On other hand “my grandchildren have” a new definition of having fun. Now the definition for fun is media and new technologies which giving kids, teens, and adults many ways to express themselves and to have fun, which of course, comes with a costly price. Disha remember when she was doing the essay for school she came across the fact that social sites have hit more then billion users in less than a year. In which Facebook is the top social networking site that people uses.
In the article “Could lots of time spent on Social be tied to depression? “, author Alan Mozes have talked about a recent research which was done to find relationship between social media and depression. The study had 1,800 men and women ages range between 19 to 32 years old participated. The main question for this finding was, is greater involvement of social media linked to depression or is it depressed people who are drag to social media? Dr. Brian Patrick have suggested three types of results which are expected from the study one of the strongest possibilities is that people who have depressive symptoms tend to use social media more often because they don’t feel the energy to engage with new people. The second possibility is that increased usage in social media use can lead into depressive thoughts. The last possibility is in which depressed people turned towards social media to make the depression worsen. This is a study based on association between social media and depression not cause and effect. Researcher’s had created a questioner that asked the participants the amount of time spent on popular social media such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google Plus, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, Tumblr, Pinterest ,Vine and Linkedln. From this research it was found that on average participant checked in social media 20 times each week for over an hour a day, and 1/4th participants were appeared at high risk for depression. Along with this researchers have found that those people who are on social media the most are 2.7 times more likely to be depressed compared to people who are on social media least. In the conclusion of the findings Dr. Patrick have said that these finding do not suggest that every person who engage more time on s...
According to Kaiser Health News it states, "Some academics and therapists are proposing a view that goes against the grain: They have found that social media may also help improve mental health by boosting self-esteem and providing a source of emotional support. " it also states, "College students who viewed their own profiles enjoyed a boot of self-esteem afterwards, studies reveal that people feel more social support when they present themselves honestly on social media and feel less stress after posting. " This shows that by being online teens and adults can learn to cope with symptoms of mental illness along with a boost in their
To begin with, social media has been proven to be a dangerous addiction due to the many negative side effects like: sleep deprivation, and self-esteem problems. Most of the adult American population is connected to some sort of social media site, and they have joined the banned wagon of people whom check their social media accounts at least five times a day. Using social media to often can be time consuming and essentially causes sleep deprivation because the user stays up late on social media. Since social media has grown in popularity many have began to believe that social media is a life necessity. It is viewed by many as a daily necessity like brushing our teeth, or yet as important as eating. People whom are constantly on social media have been linked to develop self-esteem problems because they are so consumed on pretending and portraying this image of a person they are not. Social media has became such an addiction that many people wake up and the first thing they do is...
Nowadays, it is not only common to have social media accounts such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, but expected. Many people know the numerous benefits of signing-up for these accounts: keeping in touch with friends, being able to organize information and photographs, keeping track of dates or news, and many more. However, new research suggests that the use of these social media networks, specifically Twitter, can cause great unhappiness in relationships (“Twitter use…”). It appears that the social media page can act as a third member of the relationship. The use of these networks can take up so much time of one or both of the partners, that it is like having another person in the relationship. Unfortunately, this loss of time as well as the other negative affects social media has on relationships, can lead to communication issues and arguments.
On the internet it is very easy to replace company from actual friends and family you see in real life regularly to people in the virtual world. Isolation is such a big problem connected with social media as people do not have to leave their house or even their bed to talk to people every day. Again this is ok sometimes but when people are doing it every day it begins to create mental health problems and people think it is normal and don’t socialize with people face to face. A study by Ethan Kross from the University of Michigan showed that the more time someone spends on Facebook the lonelier and depressed they become.
Social media plays a big role in the development and maintenance of psychological disorders. It is my opinion that social media tends to play quite a negative role on psychological disorders. It is most often seen on the news or on social media that an individual with a psychological disorder went on a rampage, or committed some serious crime. However, no one explains the fact that not all people with psychological disorders are dangerous criminals. Yes, a psychological disorder could cause someone to deviate from the law and commit acts of terror and violence, however, the most common psychological disorders, like depression, make it hard for a person to even find life worth living at times. More people die of suicide caused by an underlying
Being born in the 90’s social media didn’t really exist at the time. Internet was created in 1992 and most people “raced to get a PC in every household was on. And, by 1995, the site that may have been the first to fulfill the modern definition of social networking was born” (Trends 2014). Some of the first social media sites created were classmates, Sixdegrees, AsianAvenue, MiGente, and BlackPlanet. But for people in my generation remember when MySpace first came out and that was what everyone was using at the time. Then after a while it started to die out and eventually everyone stopped using it because Facebook was the new social media to meet people, stay connected, and everyone would post on there so people could stay up to date. Literally
When you think about social media what do you think of. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Vine. Well social media is more than that. Social media is not just Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Social media is any online website that lets you interact with other people, share photo and information and keeps you updated. Or do you think about how it’s made a positive or negative impact on today’s society. In my personal opinion I think social media has made both positive and negatives impacts on today’s society .Some of the negative impacts are cyberbullying and addiction, and the positive impacts are spreading the word and increasing business sales.
According to the article, “10 Ways Social Media Affects Our Mental Problems,” Degreed claim that social media make us restless by “two-thirds admitted to having difficulty relaxing when unable to use their social media accounts.” Teenagers are always tired when they have to stay up late at night to catch up with all the news feed on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter that make them have no energy to go on the next day. Based on the newspaper, “Excessive Social Media Use Harms Children’s Mental Health,” by the Telegraph shows that “children who go on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more than three hours a day are more likely to have mental health problems.” Social media can lead to bullying that affects teenagers mental health issue and being stressed. Social media have now taken a part of human life and some are addicted to the point where they can’t even live without