The Positive and Negative Impacts of Social Media on Mental Health

1. THE IMPACT OF
SOCIAL MEDIA ON
MENTAL HEALTH
B y L i l l y N e s b i t t
A n a n a l y s i s o f b o t h
t h e p o s i t i v e s a n d t h e n e g a i t v e s
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2. THE
NEGATIVE
ASPECTS
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3. Many young children as
well as teenagers and
adults have become
obsessed with social
media, using it as a
to guide their self-
esteem and self-worth
T o o l
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4. Youth base their identity on
what others perceive. They
develop a
version of their own worth,
value, and capacity to be loved 5
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5. 82% of women say they
believe social media can
change prevailing standards
of beauty6
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6. Widespread use of social media can
demotivate people, make them
aggressive and cause a decline in
confidence 7
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7. "If you put all your self
esteem into looking good
and having other people
'like' the way you look,
this makes you vulnerable
to negative feedback" 8
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8. THE
POSITIVE
ASPECTS
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9. THE RESEARCH POINTS TO A CORRELATION, BUT NOT
CAUSATION, BETWEEN POOR ADOLESCENT MENTAL
HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA
-HUGUES SAMPASA-KANYINGA
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10. SOCIAL NETWORKS
ACTUALLY MAKE KIDS
MORE RELATIONSHIP-
ORIENTED, CONSIDERATE,
AND EMPHATIC
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11. 57% of teens
have met a
new friend
online
Social media helps teens feel
more connected to their
friends’ feelings and daily
lives, and also offers teens a
place to receive support from
others during challenging
times2
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12. Most people use
social media to...
Connect Keep in touch
Interact with
people they do not
regularly see
Chat with old
acquantintances
Meet new friends
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13. 83% ofteensocialmedia
userssaysocialmedia
makesthemfeelmore
connected
toinformationabouttheir
friends’ lives2
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14. Examples of
social media initiatives
for mental health
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15. Each January, Bell donates five cents
for every call and text made on its
network on Let's Talk Day, as well as
for each Facebook share that
promotes the cause and
every tweet that uses the
"#BellLetsTalk" hashtag 10
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16. "BellLetsTalk has drawn an
unprecedented national spotlight
on getting rid of the stigma of mental
illness
-Goldbloom
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17. For a generation of young people raised on
the internet, social media, and text
messaging, the traditional approach to
mental health awareness and stigma
reduction
" We want to engage students – whether
they have an issue or not”
- Herbert, a student leader from the fourth
annual Jack Summit
JACK.ORG is the only
national network of young
leaders
transforming
the way we
think
about mental health
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just isn’t working
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18. Social networking is not necessarily bad
for teens, but it depends on how we use it
and kids need to know how to use it
safely
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19. SOCIAL MEDIA COULD
BE PART OF THE
PROBLEM OR PART OF
THE SOLUTION FOR
MENTAL ILLNESS-
OR MAYBE BOTH.1

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<http://www.emeraldinsight.com/author/Williams%2C+David>, "Why people use social media: a
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4, pp.362 – 369
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Huffington Post, 7 May 2014. Web. 20 Oct. 2016.
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