Social Media Usage
- About 90% of young adults use one or more social media site
- About 71% of teens use one or more than one social media site
- About 35% of adults (65+) use at least one social media site
- Children, ages 8-18, use social media for about 7 and a half hours a day, 7 days a week
What is social media?
They are forms of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)
This includes:
- Facebook
- Youtube
- Snapchat
- Instagram
- Twitter
- Reddit
- Pinterest
- Tumblr
- Google+
How Social Media Affects Youth
Jamie Moravec
TedTalk
by Oda Faremo Lindholm
What can be linked to social media?
- Cyber bullying
- Sadness/depression
- Lower self esteem
- Addticion