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Social Media Addiction And
The Effect On Mental Health
Courtney Treadway
Social Science Issue
Social media has become a form of addiction causing possible long term issues.
Issues such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts (Chancellor & Choudhury, 2020).
It has been proved by Yubo Hou that self-esteem is negatively affected.
Social Science Issue
Chancellor, Stevie & Choudhury, Munmun De., (24 March 2020) Methods in predictive techniques for mental health status on social media: a critical review. Digital Medicine. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-020-0233-7
Hou, Yubo et al., (2019) Social media addiction: Its impact, mediation, and intervention. Cyber Psychology. https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/11562
Recognizing the Issue
Investigating this issue is important because of the issues it can have on young adults.
The issue is problematic and a form of addiction.
It is important to recognize the issue as a result of social norms.
Audience
Parents, young adults, and teenagers are the affected group of people.
They would all benefit the most from the information. They would benefit in many different ways.
Message to the Audience
Impacts
Young Adults
Young adults can begin looking for ways to stop the cycle. They will become self-aware.
Parents
Groups
Can prevent this children from overspending time on social media.
Teenagers
Teenagers can become self-aware as well. They can also begin finding ways to cope or other ways to spend their time.
Social Media Statistics
18-29
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Statistics
Most common ages to use social media
Less than three hours a day
Young Adults use social media
Hou, Yubo et al., (2019) Social media addiction: Its impact, mediation, and intervention. Cyber Psychology. https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/11562
Perrin, Andrew., (8 October 2015) Social media Usage: 2005-2015. Pew Research Center. https://www.secretintelligenceservice.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/PI_2015-10-08_Social-Networking-Usage-2005-2015_FINAL.pdf
Riehm, Kira E. et al., (11 September 2019) Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth. JAMA Psychiatry. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/2749480
Exploring the Issue
The investigation was to recognize the negative affects social media can have on the general population.
Social media addiction can be harmful.
All addictions are harmful
Importance
Why I chose to investigate
I wanted to know if social media was a leading cause for mental health issues.
Social media has always been common in my life
Then..
Cutting my time down while using social media has made me happier.
Why I Find it Important Now
There is a high rate of mental health in young adults.
..Now
Social media use is very high.
Other ways to spend time could be established.
Can prevent underdeveloped brains from being harmed.
An addiction is an addiction and the fast it is worked on the faster there is not more struggle.