Nottke. Social Media by Adam

Anderson et al., para. 54

bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:28:08 UTC

“Four-in-ten or more teens say social media platforms hurt the amount of sleep they get (45%), as well as their productivity (40%).”

Parker, 15

bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:28:51 UTC

“Some 45% of teens say they are online “almost constantly,” and an additional 44% say they’re online several times a day.”

Anderson et al., para. 65

bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:30:07 UTC

“About four-in-ten teens (39%) say social media make them feel overwhelmed by drama. Smaller shares say these platforms make them feel pressure to post popular content (31%), excluded by friends (31%) or worse about their own life (27%).”

Social Media, para. 8

bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:30:45 UTC

“Malicious actors often choose to target children and adolescents with their social engineering scams because young users are more likely to click on dangerous links and follow through with other actions that put their data and their parents' data at risk.”

FAU, para. 11

bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:31:42 UTC

"’As our research clearly shows, cyberbullying in any form - whether it's exclusion from a group chat or direct threats - can lead to significant trauma in youth,’ said Sameer Hinduja, Ph.D., lead author, a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice within FAU's College of Social Work and Criminal Justice, co-director of the Cyberbullying Research Center, and a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University.”

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bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:38:42 UTC

If most teens are online at least several times a day, then it would be easier for "Malicious actors" to target them.

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bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:39:48 UTC

Given how much teens are on social media, it makes sense that they would lose sleep and productivity.

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bossadambot — 2025-10-02 13:40:59 UTC

Cyberbullying is very likely what leads to many teens felling worse about themselves due to social media.