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3. Social and Psychological Impact
of social media
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4. What is social media?
• “Social” – refers to instinctual needs humans
have to connect with other humans
• “Media” – what we use to make connections
with other humans
• “Social Media” – Media used for social
interaction
• 2 way communication - interactive dialogue

5. Types of Social Media
• Written word
• Telegraph
• Telephone
• Radio
• Television
• Email
• Websites
• Photographs
• Audio
• Video
• Mobile phones (cell phones)
• Text messaging

6. Some facts
• Online social networking is being used by people across the age
range
• 70% of survey respondents report spending less than two hours a
day on sites
• 28% have had a ‘bad experience’ using social networking sites
• 53% feel social networking has increased contact with friends and
family
• 26% report increased participation in social activities as a result
• Patterns of ‘sociability’ that occur in real life appear to be replicated
online
• 25% of 31–50 year old respondents have had a date with someone
met online
• 21% of these have gone on to form an intimate relationship

7. Social Media is a recent phenomenon. It is
studied by psychologist, sociologists, and
anthropologists alike. Since these types of
activities have recently become very popular,
social scientists want to find out the long-term
effects. Is social media harmful? Does it help
people? Is it addictive? What is a healthy
balance?

8. The BAD
• Teens who use Facebook more often show
more narcissistic tendencies.
• Young adults who have a strong Facebook
presence show more signs of other
psychological disorders, including antisocial
behaviors, mania and aggressive tendencies.

9. • Daily overuse of media and technology has a
negative effect on the health of all children,
preteens and teenagers by making them more
prone to anxiety, depression, and other
psychological disorders
• Facebook can be distracting and can
negatively impact learning. Studies found that
middle school, high school and college
students who checked Facebook at least once
during a 15-minute study period achieved
lower grades.

10. • Attention spans are decreasing because of
exposure to excessively stimulating and fast-
paced media. A direct link between exposure
to media stimulation and Attention Deficit
Disorder (ADD) has surfaced from research.
• Violence in media causes desensitization to
violence. It may facilitate violent acts.
Violence may be contagious by observational
learning and social agreement.
• Media-assisted crimes like identity theft and
child pornography are taking new forms.

11. • Average number of sleep hours per night
decreases in inverse proportion to the average
number of hours per day of Internet
use.Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) is
increasingly diagnosed by professionals.

12. THE GOOD MEDIA EFFECTS:
• IQs are rising, according to the Education Testing
Service. Much of the increase is due to advances in
media assisted learning and interactive game playing.
• Girls are advancing in the field of science. Some studies
attribute this to increased numbers of females
engaging in interactive game play.
• The nexus between media and learning is increasingly
popular and we are learning more about learning.
• Communication is increasing across cultures.
• Media has helped foster public understanding of many
crucial issues.

13. The top 7 psychological disorders
social media helps promote
Schizophrenia:
“a mental disorder characterized by
abnormalities in the perception or expression
of reality. Distortions in perception may affect
all five senses, but most commonly manifest
as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre
delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking
with significant social or occupational
dysfunction”.

14. • Insomnia & Sleep Disorders: insomnia is
“difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, or both”
• Sexual Problems & Deviation: sexual deviation is
“a term used to describe sexual arousal to objects
or situations that are not part of normative
stimulation and that can cause distress or serious
problems for the paraphiliac or persons
associated with him or her”.
• ADHD: ADHA is primarily characterized by “the
co-existence of attentional problems and
hyperactivity, with each behavior occurring
infrequently alone.”

15. • Addiction: is a “term used to is used in many
contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion,
or excessive psychological dependence”.
• Anxiety & Depression: refers to “a state of low
mood and aversion to activity” which is highly
correlated with anxiety.
• Eating Disorders: “is a condition in which an
individual eats, or avoids eating, in a manner
which negatively affects both one’s physical
and mental health.”

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