The Impact of Social Media: What Role does it play on a Child’s Mental Health?
Social media has taken over the entire world in a large way. Social media Web sites, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, have become basic regimes of day to day modern life, particularly for kids. Most kids have an account for each social media site. That means having three to four accounts to check multiple times a day. What is the mental effect of checking these social media accounts daily? Being on these social media sites can be detrimental to a child’s mental health in numerous ways from cyberbullying, leading to depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
Thousands of children as young as five are suffering from depression. Experts said modern childhoods are becoming …show more content…
FOMO sends the stress levels sky high, that the person is missing out on likes or new statuses. (Luxton, “Social Media and Suicide: A Public Health Perspective”) For example, pictures of parties where the user was not invited, or another wedding without even a proposal in their life, things like this take a toll on one’s self-esteem. (Luxton, “Social Media and Suicide: A Public Health Perspective”) FOMO essentially is the fear that a post or picture on social media will not get a lot of “likes” or attention. In a recent study by an online poll teenagers were asked if they felt depressed while scrolling through social media sites and 90 percent agreed that they did. They noted that a high number of likes and feedback makes them feel that they have more self-worth. Anxiety released a study in which they polled young adults on their social media usage fifty-one percent said that social media made their lives more difficult. Fifty-five percent said they feel uncomfortable or worried if they are away from it for too long. These studies show how social media is a direct relation to multiple mental health diseases such as anxiety, depression, and addiction. (University Wire, "Social Media, the New Cause of
Social media has taken over the entire world in a large way. Social media Web sites, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, have become basic regimes of day to day modern life, particularly for kids. Most kids have an account for each social media site. That means having three to four accounts to check multiple times a day. What is the mental effect of checking these social media accounts daily? Being on these social media sites can be detrimental to a child’s mental health in numerous ways from cyberbullying, leading to depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
Thousands of children as young as five are suffering from depression. Experts said modern childhoods are becoming …show more content…
FOMO sends the stress levels sky high, that the person is missing out on likes or new statuses. (Luxton, “Social Media and Suicide: A Public Health Perspective”) For example, pictures of parties where the user was not invited, or another wedding without even a proposal in their life, things like this take a toll on one’s self-esteem. (Luxton, “Social Media and Suicide: A Public Health Perspective”) FOMO essentially is the fear that a post or picture on social media will not get a lot of “likes” or attention. In a recent study by an online poll teenagers were asked if they felt depressed while scrolling through social media sites and 90 percent agreed that they did. They noted that a high number of likes and feedback makes them feel that they have more self-worth. Anxiety released a study in which they polled young adults on their social media usage fifty-one percent said that social media made their lives more difficult. Fifty-five percent said they feel uncomfortable or worried if they are away from it for too long. These studies show how social media is a direct relation to multiple mental health diseases such as anxiety, depression, and addiction. (University Wire, "Social Media, the New Cause of