This document discusses the negative impacts of social media on teens and preteens. It notes that most children have used social media by age 10, and their communication increasingly takes place online rather than in person. This can hinder the development of important social skills. The document also suggests that excessive social media use is linked to poorer mental health outcomes in teens, such as depression, loneliness, and low self-esteem. Cyberbullying on social media platforms is a major risk for teens as well.

1. THENEGATIVEIMPACT
OFSOCIALMEDIAON
teens&preteens

2. Newsocialmediaplatformshavebeen
poppingupsince1997 [1],
Exposingyounggenerationstoit’s
dangers
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3. “Today'schildrenandteenagerswillneverknowaworld
withoutsocialmediaorhandheldtechnology.” [2]

4. “In a viral YouTube video from October 2011 a one-year-old
girl sweeps her fingers across an iPad's touchscreen,
shuffling groups of icons. In the following scenes she
appears to pinch, swipe and prod the pages of paper
magazines as though they too were screens. When nothing
happens, she pushes against her leg, confirming that her
finger works just fine” [14]

5. Arecentstudyshowedthat88%oftherespondents
mentionedusingsocialmediaforsocialinteraction..[3]
BUTDOESITHINDERCOMMUNICATIONSKILLS?
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6. MORETHANHALFOFCHILDRENHAVEUSEDASOCIAL
MEDIAPLATFORMBYTHEAGEOF10 [4]
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7. mostoftheir
communicationgoeson
behindascreen&they’re
losingoutoncrucial
skills

8. “...itputseverybodyina
nonverbaldisabledcontext,
wherebodylanguage,facial
expression,andeventhe
smallestkindsofvocal
reactionsarerendered
invisible.”[5]
Dr.CatherineSteiner-Adair,ClinicalPsychologist
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9. Thisissuemaymakethe
individual’ssocialinteractions
harderastheyprogressthroughlife
andhavetobemoreindependent

10. THESEFACTORSCANMAKEAN
INDIVIDUALSUSCEPTIBLETO
MENTALILLNESS

11. “onequarterofthe
respondentsinarecent
studywhowereonsocial
mediaformorethantwo
hoursaday,reportedpoor
self-ratedmentalhealth. [6]

12. “Acceptancebyandcontactwithpeersisanimportant
elementoflife”[7]
pixabay.com

13. Withoutalotof“likes,”
followers,orretweets,teens
seethemselvesas“notgood
enough.”[8]
pixabay.com

14. “Facebookdepression”
definedasdepressionthat
developswhenpreteensand
teensspendagreatdealof
timeonsocialmediasites [9]

15. Theabilitytohidebehindascreenallowscyberbullyingtoflourish
pixabay.com

16. CYBER-BULLYINGisthe
mostcommononline
riskforallteens [10]

17. Approximately43%ofthe
studentsreportexperiencing
cyberbullyingduringtheir
lifetime(Patchin,2015).[11]
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18. 25%ofteensonsocialmediareportedhavinganexperienceresultingina
face-to-faceconfrontationwithsomeone. [12]

19. pixabay.com
"Parentsneedtoaddressthatthisishappeningandthatthe
Internetandsocialmediaishere,"[13]
Michellehamm,pediatricsresearch
Universityofalberta

20. Canwemakesocialmediasafeagain
fortheyoungergenerations?
loneliness
LACK OF
COMMUNICATION
DEPRESSION
anxiety
FEAR
bullying
SELF ESTEEM
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