Our research has shown that some 40% of social media users would give up their pet or car before they'd give up their accounts.
This is absolutely sad. I need my car in order to get to work to make money and live. i would also never give my two dogs up for any reason whatsoever.
If you must be 18 to buy tobacco products or 21 to drink alcohol, why can any 13-year-old with internet access open a TikTok account?
I don't think an age restriction is necessary, I think that internet and social media usage should just be talked about more and the effects it can cause and how to tell fake from real
Then consider that more than half of people we surveyed acknowledged that their social media use intensified their feelings of anxiety, depression or loneliness. They also told us that it contributed to their low self-esteem and made it harder for them to concentrate. Yet despite recognizing these deleterious effects, only about a third said they had taken steps to limit their social media use, such as deleting or suspending social media accounts, turning off their phones or limiting time on their feeds.
This is a wild fact.. if people are not feeling good while doing something they need to stop! Problem solved!
age restrictions
This is a little much.. I think there should just be more education about it and how not everything is real and that photoshop is used all the time, lies etc
linked to negative mental health impacts among young people. Researchers have noted a rise in depression among young people since about 2012, with use of social media among teens and their amount of time spent online increasing in close proximity
I have also noticed that it mainly effects young people and in my opinion that is because of maturity
When it comes to social media, the red flags just keep appearing.
A lot of my research has just been about the negative side of social media.. I wish there were more positive, I guess I'd have to narrow my search for that
Virtual friend time doesn’t have the therapeutic effect as time with real friends.
This is very true and I have felt this personally.
Like a drug, we think getting a fix will help, but it actually makes us feel worse, which comes down to an error in our ability to predict our own response
Makes me feel like a drug addict reading this about social media.
the envy that’s largely to blame in the depression-Facebook connection.
This would make sense, if people feel more secure with themselves then these 'jealousy' traps won't affect them as much
post jealousy-inducing posts of their own, in an endless circle of one-upping and feeling jealous.
I see this happen a lot over social media throughout the years I have been on it
One study looked at how we make comparisons to others posts, in “upward” or “downward” directions—that is, feeling that we’re either better or worse off than our friends. It turned out that both types of comparisons made people feel worse, which is surprising, since in real life, only upward comparisons (feeling another person has it better than you) makes people feel bad. But in the social network world, it seems that any kind of comparison is linked to depressive symptoms
This is a very interesting point that I did not know of. To me it is only when I view others as better than me where I start to get into my own head and doubt everything about myself.
And perceived social isolation is one of the worst things for us, mentally and physically.
Leads to unwanted thoughts and feelings and deteriorates mental health
social isolation
This s ironic because the whole point of social media is to connect, but the social isolation comes with the realization they are not with you in person maybe
a few years ago found that Facebook use was linked to both less moment-to-moment happiness and less life satisfaction—the more people used Facebook in a day, the more these two variables dropped off.
I wonder why this is?
people who are over-dependent on digital devices report feelings of anxiety when they are stopped from using them, but now we can see that these psychological effects are accompanied by actual physiological changes
This also proves more of a point to addiction
A study a few years ago from Swansea University found that people experienced the psychological symptoms of withdrawal when they stopped using (this went for all internet use, not just social media).
Reminds me of when I was a kid and got so upset about my phone being taken , although tat was more because I couldn't talk to my friends, not because i didn't have social media
because addiction criteria, such as neglect of personal life, mental preoccupation, escapism, mood modifying experiences, tolerance and concealing the addictive behavior, appear to be present in some people who use [social networks] excessively.”
This seems like a good reasoning to the fact that it is addictive
And as we probably know intuitively, and as the research is confirming, it's not the best habit when it comes to our collective psychology.
I agree, I find myself on social media any spare time I have or even while I am supposed to be doing something else
That’s the effect that leads us to look for evidence confirming what we already think or suspect, to view facts and ideas we encounter as further confirmation, and to discount or ignore any piece of evidence that seems to support an alternate view.
This is a big issue that comes with fake news or false information. Someone could see one 'fact' backing up their opinion and leave it at that. They won't further investigate or look at other opinions, they focus on just the ones that relate to what they think and stay with that close-minded perception.
The gambler’s fallacy makes us absolutely certain that, if a coin has landed heads up five times in a row, it’s more likely to land tails up the sixth time. In fact, the odds are still 50-50
This fact just makes me sad because a lot of people think this way which to me means that a lot of people are gullible and naive which then leads to a population that is not independently intelligent, but more follows the crowd. Like sheep
Especially in the United States, people egregiously undersave for retirement—even when they make enough money to not spend their whole paycheck on expenses, and even when they work for a company that will kick in additional funds to retirement plans when they contribute.
People do this because most only think of the now. They don't think of consequences that could happen in the future, they think 'oh this dress is cute I want it now' instead of thinking 'of i have an extra $100, I should put this into savings'
I did it
President Donald Trump’s inclination, oppose them, claiming they would increase voter fraud.
Which we did see a lot of, where dead people were suddenly 'voting' or votes got 'miscounted' or some were sabotaged, especially mail in ballots because some say weather the person is republican, democratic or independent and there was concern over of that was the reason some peoples ballots weren't getting sent through because another person had taken them because of their party.
Digital surveillance that impinges on civil liberties has been employed to track the spread of the coronavirus and prevent future outbreaks.
While I agree with social distancing, the mask mandate during high levels of outbreak and stores closing down or reducing their capacity limit, I do not agree with digital surveillance of people without their full informed consent. This is something in my opinion that fully went against civil liberties.
Disinformation flourished over scientific uncertainty regarding the virus and its treatments.
Social media had a huge part of this and people who were mainly upset over their 'rights being taken' would post false information and confuse the public as more and more agreed or disagreed which started a trend of more false information being spread