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media platforms, including Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, are responsible for some of the negative effects for kids online. But Instagram isn't like those other apps — it's one specifically built for photos, and there is some proof that Instagram has a very specific effect on young people...
are hundreds of social networking sites, we usually think of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc., as the most commonly used platforms. Boys and Allison defined social networking sites as “web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded...
formulated a more inclusive notion of SNS use intensity by combining the indices of time, number of friends, emotional involvement, daily life involvement, etc. Following this operationalization, studies on adolescents and adults both found that intense SNS usage may have deleterious effects on mental...