Thursday, 4 February 2016

Research Activity 2 (Exercise 3.2)

Author: Honor Whiteman

Title: Social Media: How does it affect our mental health and well being?

Main Idea: (Con) How social media negatively affects our mental and relatively our.

Subpoints:

  • Statistics showing 63% of American Facebook users logging in to the website on a daily basis with 40% actively posting on a daily basis, mainly used to vent emotions and self distraction from the outside world.
  • Creates a sort of a strong addiction that heavily affects people in their present and future lives.
  • Causes a heavy sense of depression, negatively affecting peoples confidence and self esteem, due to comparisons between themselves and their friends.
  • Research showing that negative emotions can spread online easier than that of positive.
  • 95% of teenagers that use social media, witness cyber bullying, with some cases reaching to heavy physical impacts that affect them throughout their lives.

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