Social media affects America and the world’s youth; it can negatively affect them easily. Studies show that there are several disadvantages to having or using social media.
Social Media Saboteur
The website Childmind recorded that in the age of hyperconnectivity and communication, it’s easy to feel lonely. It is apparent to know when you’re being ignored. When it is so convenient to send a message, it can be upsetting with any silence studies show. When we do compare ourselves, it makes us collectively compare to everyone. Our mental health is being sabotaged by social media.
A report on social media made by a website called Psycom states, those who spend more time on social media have an increased risk of 2.2 times of having eating and body image concerns compared to their peers who spend less time on social media. The people who spent the most time on social media had 2.6 times the risk. Destroying our own views of ourselves can be a result of over using social media.
Loneliness
Body Image
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