Thurman-Social Media and Mental Health by Josh

(Haidt121)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 13:51:44 UTC

“Teens who spend more time using social media are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, and other disorders, while teens who spend more time with young people (such as playing team sports or participating in religious communities) have better mental health (Haidt121). “

(Haidt123)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 13:53:58 UTC

“It’s painful to be Ignored, at any age. Just imagine being a teen trying to develop a sense of who you are and where you fit, while everyone tells you meet tells you indirectly. Your’re not as important as my phone (Haidt123).”

(Asnes3)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 13:54:43 UTC

“Instagram was the most common platform for encountering anxiety-related content (80.82% of participants reported seeing anxiety content on the platform), followed by TikTok (59.88%), YouTube (53.03%), Google (48.92%), Reddit (17.03%), X/Twitter (13.89%), and others (2.94%) (Asnes3).”

(Asnes1)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 13:56:01 UTC

“The Healthy Minds Study, surveying over 75,000 college and university students from over 530 universities in 2022–2023, reported that 36% of students screened positive for anxiety, a 16% increase from 2014 to 2015. This concerning increase in prevalence necessitates further research on specific variables that may be contributing to anxiety in college students (Asnes1).”

(Dhanda424)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 16:05:01 UTC

“The mere absence of any mental illness does not indicate good psychological well-being, but it is a complex concept including aspects like self-acceptance, autonomy, emotional stability, environmental mastery, life satisfaction, a sense of purpose, personal growth, and the ability to form good relations (Dhanda424).”

(Dhanda425)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 16:06:32 UTC

“The addictive nature of social media is also a significant risk, which can negatively affect adolescents' psychological well- being. The potential for cyberbullying, social rejection, and the fear of missing out (FOMO) can increase feelings of distress, which can lead to poor psychological well-being (Dhanda, 425).”

(Katella4)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 16:07:53 UTC

" The advisory states that other studies point to a higher relative concern of harm in adolescent and those already experiencing poor mental health, as well as for health outcomes, such as cyberbullying-related depression, body image and disordered eating behaviors, and poor sleep quality linked to social media use (Katella4).”

(Katella3)

misterjxx63 — 2025-09-24 16:09:08 UTC

“If a teen searches for any kind of mental health condition, such as depression or suicide, it's going to feed them information about those things, so soon they may begin to think that everyone around them is depressed or thinking about suicide, which is not necessarily good for mental health (Katella3).”

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misterjxx63 — 2025-09-25 12:31:46 UTC

One quote point out how social media can expose mental health to adolescent's through its algorithm and the second quote shows a data analyst

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misterjxx63 — 2025-09-25 12:37:29 UTC

Both quotes point out the effects of social media on teens even without there being a diagnosed mental illness

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misterjxx63 — 2025-09-25 22:22:16 UTC

Both quotes link strange behavior from social media between adolescents and college students like depression and anxiety. Though the quote by Asnes shows more data behind her statement.

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misterjxx63 — 2025-09-25 22:29:50 UTC

Both quotes speak of social media as a distraction with one quote calling it addictive and the other causing one to be ignored, but both come together to say social media is a distraction for adolescents