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As social media grows and more people continue to build their online platforms, humans are becoming less and less aware of the world around them. Online users are becoming distracted from real life, and as a result are becoming increasingly disconnected from their real life interactions.
Now, researchers have found that social media use has no significant negative effect on social interactions or social well-being. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Kansas have found that social media use has no significant negative effect on social interactions or social well-being.
How is social media bad for society?
Since it’s a relatively new technology, there’s little research to establish the long-term consequences, good or bad, of social media use. However, multiple studies have found a strong link between heavy social media and an increased risk for depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm, and even suicidal thoughts.
Being a part of a social media site can increase a person’s quality of life and reduce the risk of health problems. Social media can help improve life satisfaction, stroke recovery, memory retention, and overall well-being by providing users with a large social group…
As mentioned above social media has overall changed society in multiple positive ways but for absolutely no extra cost as all major social media platforms are free. Try and think of another product or service that has ever changed your life as much as social media and then think about its cost ( your car for example).
Is social media destroying our generation?
Social media is starting to become more of an obsession than just a simple distraction. It has led to a negative impact for our generation and future generations in many ways. 1. Social media can lead to stress and depression problems.
“Social media has become really fundamental to the way that billions of people get information about the world and connect with each other, which raises the stakes enormously.” –Kevin Werbach Worse, there is an addictive quality to social media, and that is a big issue, says Berger.
The study also finds that those who do get their political news primarily through social media tend to be less well-informed and more likely to be exposed to unproven claims that people who get their news from traditional sources. In comparison to other media, social media’s influence in political campaigns has increased tremendously.