In a longitudinal survey of 219 freshmen at a state university, researchers found that teens who expressed their opinions on social media experienced increased well-being. In addition, another study found that adolescents who communicated more online had greater “self-concept clarity”—a clearer ide...
MediaTechnologyPsychologyPsychiatric disordersDepression, anxiety and suicidality have all sharply increased in adolescents over the past decade1. So, too, has the amount of time that young people spend online (see 'Troubling trends'). Partly because of fears that there's a link between these ...
Not only that, but social media has been seen to be quite effective when it comes to promoting real life social interaction among introverted adolescents. It allows them to interact with others from the safety of their screen, which then builds up their confidence when it comes to real life ...
Hypodermic Needle Theory posits that media has a direct and powerful influence on audiences, often shaping their beliefs and attitudes subconsciously. This theory is particularly relevant in the context of social media, where the constant influx of images significantly affects adolescents' self-perception...
To reduce adolescents’ social anxiety, the study integrates external factors (social media usage) with internal factors (imaginary audience and appearance-based self-esteem) to internal mechanisms of adolescents’ social anxiety in the Internet age based on objective self-awareness theory and self-este...
and they are still in the forming period of values. These violent phenomena transmitted by social media will gradually lead to psychological problems for teenagers. For example,"More recent studies have confirmed that high exposure to television violence for children and adolescents is also associated...
Moreover, China has the second largest number of adolescents in the world with an estimated 230 millions of its population in the 10–24 years age group [9]. Thus, exploring how social media can improve sex education among Chinese teenagers is vital. Problems also appear when applying social...
In this digital world, the utilization of social media has become a massive and meaningful part of our everyday life and has grown substantially in recent years [1,2]. People of all ages, adults and adolescents, utilize a diverse array of social media platforms to engage in meaningful connec...
The results show that exposure to sustainability content on social media affects both sustainable habits and sustainable consumption behaviour. These three factors influence the propensity to promote sustainability-related issues on social media and should, therefore, be considered to be antecedents of sust...
Adolescents’ online self-disclosure and self-presentation The Amsterdam School of Communications Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2007) https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/4172050/143769_schouten.pdf Google Scholar Segal, 2017 S. Segal The what, why, and how of social media data ...