Social Media Padlet: Three Ways Social Media Affects the Mental Health of Teens by Luke Bookoff

1. Celeberties Creating Unrealistic Standards Through Social Media:

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Stars show themselves online in a carefully curated and non-realistic version of themselves. They have glamorous vacations, jewelry, bodies, and just overall lifestyle that people desire and idolize online. This creates a situation where the standards set by these celebrities hurt the self-esteem of the normal social media user.

1a. Christiano Ronaldo 's limited edition Bugatti Centodieci

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1b. Celebrities often photoshop their bodies

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Celebrities often photoshop their bodies to create an unrealistic standard and therefore impact teens mental health.

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2. Fear of missing out (FOMO)

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Social media allows everyone to see one another's where about and plans at all times creating anxiety and fear of missing out. This makes teens feel excluded and therefore lowers self esteem, creates social anxiety, and overall hurts mental health.

2b. FOMO and Snapchat Maps

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2a. Instagram and Snapchat stories

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Instagram and Snapchat stories are often used to post in the moment social gatherings and activities which can make teens feel excluded. https://www.socialchamp.io/sg/blog/what-is-snapchat/

3. Social Media Addiction

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Social Media addiction is common amongst teen users. It ignites the same neural receptors as many other addictive substances. It can cause mood changes, withdraws symptoms, and conflict.

3a. Social Media addiction can cause lack of sleep

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Lack of sleep from social media addiction can cause mood swings, attention issues, lack of productivity, and withdrawal from daily activities.

3b. Social Media addiction can cause isolation

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Social media addiction often causes isolation amongst teens. Teens make a lack of social interactions and meaningful connections in the real world.

1c. Celebrities have huge followings on social media

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Celebrities have huge followings on social media with hundreds of thousands if not millions of followers. This can cause the average teen to feel insufficient and have low self esteem.

2c. FOMO Video

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