Thompson.Topic0 by Caleb Thompson

(Grose, 1)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:50:08 UTC

According to a new survey of nearly 1,400 American teens and their parents from Pew Research, it looks as though some of the grown-up caterwauling against social media is sinking in: “Roughly half of teens (48 percent) say these sites have a mostly negative effect on people their age, up from 32 percent in 2022.”

(Grose, 1)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:50:36 UTC

“Girls are also more likely than boys to cite social media as a negative —25 percent of girls polled by Pew said that social media “hurt their mental health” and 20 percent said it harmed their confidence”

(Silva, 28)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:51:04 UTC

“60% of people using social media reported that it has impacted their self-esteem in a negative way. 80% reported that it is easier to be deceived by others through their sharing on social media. 50% reported social media having negative effects on their relationships.”

(Caroll, 29)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:51:55 UTC

“Research published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 2017 found that of people aged nineteen to thirty-two, those who used social networking for more than two hours each day were twice as likely to feel socially isolated than those who used it for less than a half hour a day.”

(Caroll, 30)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:52:27 UTC

“Catholic Bible study leader Jay Hauck laments, ‘All the time spent on social media can harm a child’s ability to have real, in-person conversations. It’s amazing to see teens at a restaurant where they’re all on their phones and not one is talking to another.’”

(Cunningham, 359)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:54:07 UTC

“Critics point out some of the negative impacts of social media. For example, there is an increase in reports of youth who report being victims of cyberbullying or cyberstalking. These forms of harassment can lead to depression, low self-esteem, and anxiety.”

(Haidt, 67)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:54:50 UTC

“But sex criminals nowadays spend most of their time in the virtual world because the internet makes it so much easier to communicate with children and to find and circulate sexual and violent videos involving children.”

(Haidt, 68)

thomp406 — 2025-09-24 13:55:38 UTC

“Isabel Hogben, a 14-year-old girl in Rhode Island, wrote an essay... I was ten years old when I watched porn for the first time... The website has no age verification, no ID requirement, not even a prompt asking me if I was over 18”

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thomp406 — 2025-09-24 21:28:36 UTC

Bad online experiences.

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thomp406 — 2025-09-24 21:32:56 UTC

Effects mental health.