According to a November 2023 survey of adults living in the United States, 56 percent of those aged 18 to 29 years stated that they felt social media was good for society. Overall, 43 percent of respondents aged 30 to 44 years felt the same. Furthermore, almost 40 percent of respondents...
There has been growing agreement among health experts about the negative, chronic health effects of social media use on teenagers. They have revealed in surveys that social media makes them feel worse about their body image, and 64% of teens have...
Vision-impaired and normally sighted adults (controls) aged 18 to 35 years at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, answered a questionnaire about social media use (e.g., platform used). Four hundred twenty-two individuals (201 VI, 221 controls) participated. Normally sighted adults (...
Which Countries Regulate or Ban Social Media Access Among Children? Nov 30, 2024 Teens/Young Adults Online Clips of Violence Are Making 68% of Teens Afraid To Go Out, UK Study Finds Nov 26, 2024 News Australia Proposes 'World-Leading' Ban on Social Media for Children Under 16, Social Medi...
The most-used social media site among teenagers and young adults in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 was YouTube. A survey carried out by AudienceProject revealed that 82 percent of 15 to 25-year-olds said they used the video-sharing platform, making it more popular than Facebook, Whats...
If adults can become addicted to social media, imagine how much it’s negatively affecting teenagers. One of the major problems with excessive social media use among teenagers is the decline in face-to-face interactions and the reliance on these apps for forming meaningful connections with others...
Professor Devi Sridhar talked about the challenges of having a teenager addicted to social media on BBC World Service programme, Inside Science: 德维·斯里达尔教授在BBC世界服务节目《科学内部》中谈到了青少年对社交媒体上瘾所带来的挑战: And so, I think the challenge here, as a parent, listening to...
The more time young adults use social media, the more likely they are to experience sleep problems and to have symptoms of depression, according to new research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, supported by the National Institutes of Health. Researchers looked at data on more...
Social media use, personality characteristics, and social isolation among young adults in the United States Although increased social media use (SMU) has been linearly associated with increased real-life social isolation (SI), it is unknown whether these associat... EO Whaite,A Shensa,JE Sidani...
The findings showed older adults who experienced pain were less likely to participate in social activities that require face-to-face interactions, which offers mental benefits. Still, social media may preserve cognitive function and psychological well-being in this population, the researchers said. ...