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Positive & Negative impacts of social media to teenagers
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Positive & Negative impacts of social media
Joelle Chong (11B)
Targeted people: Teenagers
positive impacts
positive impacts
Help develop social skills
Media gives the chance to expand their social circle, social confidence, heightened literacy in media and social support.
Help develop social skills
Helps develop awareness
Helps develop awareness
News channels, magazines, social networking sites helps teens to expand their worldview.
Encourages creativity & innovative thinking
Encourages creativity & innovative thinking
From written content to photos and graphics, teens can participate, engage and demonstrate their creativity.
Inspiration & support
Inspiration & support
Teens can support and inspire each other, strengthening friendships and keep friends close.
Social media can be used to do good
Social media can be used to do good
Social media offers easy ways to show support for an issue, raise money, promote a charity event or spread an important message.
Able to express themselves
Teens can express themselves in different ways such as writing, making images or record videos, giving them a voice to boost their confidence.
Able to express themselves
negative impacts
negative impacts
Lower self-esteem
Lower self-esteem
With perfect skin, body and hair appearing everywhere in social media, the high standard of beauty causes teens to distort their own body image.
‘Facebook depression’
The need to stand out, fit in or be accepted by peers creates an emotional disturbance that associates with social media.
‘Facebook depression’
Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying
Teens may bully or be bullied by other people through hostile information which results in isolation, anxiety, low self-esteem and even suicidal.
Sleep deprivation
Staying active on social about posting and sharing for long durations disrupts their sleep.
Sleep deprivation
Poor concentration
Poor concentration
Different tasks that is important and require more focus, teens tend to deal with it simultaneously using social media.
Decreased activity
Lack of exercises decreases the release of endorphins, causing depression a common problem.
Decreased activity
Internet addiction
Uncontrolled social media usage causes a habit into an addiction affecting school performance and mental health.
Internet addiction
solutions
solutions
- Limiting time spent on social media
- Find other hobbies and friends
- Take out time for daily chores, responsibilities, family and friends
- Don't entirely depend on online friends
- Setting priorities
"social media is about sociology and psychology more than technology"
- Brian Solis