Project 3: How does social media affect teens, and young adults's mental health? by Ava Scrittorale

How can we decrease our amount of dependence on smartphones?

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In what ways can we make sure the correct users of smartphones are using them appropriately?

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Should the age be raised on social media apps to 16 or keep them at the prior age of 13?

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Dose-response relationship:

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As the time on social media grows so does the effects on mental health. When the X axis grows so does the Y with any topic.

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Affect on Mental health:

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Since the era of smartphone and technology arised, mental health issues have increased greatly as well. This increase in both parties created new problems in the minds of teens and younger minds. As teens continue to be phone obsessed and have access to all these social media apps, they are going to face problems within themselves. They can develop various mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, eating disorders, etc. By perceiving everything you see online as true and real, it can cause real issues within oneself.

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-Teens being addicted to social media/smartphones

-Effect on brain development from a young age

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“As she explained, multiple studies have shown that “the increases in mental health issues among teens began in the early 2010s.” This coincided with the period when most adult Americans gained access to smartphones and when teen smartphone use became the norm” (Wen).

Body Dysmorphia:

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One major issue of social media is the amount of body dysmorphia that comes from it. People will go online and see images of people that are in perfect shape with the body of a model. In reality, these people have utilized photoshop apps or editing apps to create a false version of themselves. This fake image of them can cause anxiety or depression to their followers and vast audience by depicting that everyone can look this skinny or this fit when in retrospect this isn’t even a true image of themselves.

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Photoshop apps
Effect on body image
Celebrities and editing apps

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In addition, by promoting these faux images of women and men online it causes people to lose weight or do things that can harm themselves to try to achieve this look that they see online. Even on Tik tok, there is a filter called “beauty filter” where it quite literally takes all your acne, or red marks and smoothes them out to create a new illusion of one’s face. This itself can cause a negative connotation on the audience because they believe that this person has never had issues with their appearance or skin.

Cyberbullying:

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The act in which people are electronically bullied is the simpler definition of cyberbullying in today's society. Cyberbullying happens everyday worldwide. The likelihood of cyberbullying occurs in teens and younger teens as the rise of technology grows as they age. Cyberbullying will never go away in fact is a problem that has been around for years.

Depression and Anxiety/Mental health issues:

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Mental health issues have been on the come up in Gen-Z compared to any other year in the past. Technology being in the upcoming generation is a factor in this as well. Many mental health issues have been prevalent in these teenagers who are on social media platforms. Two major mental health disorders linked to social media use are depression and anxiety.

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Teens and Technology:

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While there is an ongoing debate on what year you give your child a cell phone, they most likely have it before high school. Parents are giving them a phone for the general reason to be able to be safe, contact friends and family, and for direct communication. However, with or without restrictions on this smartphone, there are always the possibilities of negative effects when it comes to technology in teens. Whether it is any of the issues I stated above or just phone addiction there are consequences to too much of anything in anyone's life.

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Teens could be using technology the right way or they could be taking advantage of the many negative aspects that come along with it.

Suicidity

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This can be defined by the “risk of suicide usually indicated by suicidal ideation or intent especially as evident in the presence of a well-elaborate suicidal plan”. Suicide has definitely been linked to social media, more specifically the cyberbully aspect social media has. This rate has been increasing as technology has been advancing. Cyberbullying is the act where people use electronic communication to bully somebody online.

Teens avoiding cyberbullying

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Depression:

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A mental health disorder in which a person feels persistently sad or in a depressed mood. This can cause lack of interest in activities. Furthermore, impairing the daily mood and routine of somebody’s everyday life. Depression can cause more than just a shift in somebody’s mood but they might be bed ridden, not have the motivation to do daily tasks, such as shower, or brush their teeth.

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It is found that it is directly linked to social media in teens and young adults due. This disorder is most common in teens however, is highly increased with the addition of smartphones included in the equation

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Loneliness epidemic

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Seen very frequently in teenagers and young adults, loneliness epidemic is the feeling of being lonely and having this feeling a majority of the time. A feeling of genuine isolation could be another way to describe this epidemic. Loneliness is a common feeling in the body many feel from time to time. Yet, the health risks that come along with this feeling can be severe.

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Tiktok:

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The new addictive app has made headlines globally since it relaunched in the app store, rebranding themselves from Musically- to Tiktok. This app with its many features including making videos, going live, sharing posts, and so much more has been #1 in the charts of the app store for some time. Parents are realizing that their children are up all night on tiktok. The app itself even has a video that will pop up with the words “time to stop scrolling, take a time to breathe, or do your thumbs hurt?”. These messages go to show the true addiction young adults have for this app

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Effect on the brain growth
Affect on relationships and future
Age phones are distributed to majority of teens in US (statistics, percentages)