THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON MENTAL HEALTH

Social Media And it's effects on youth 

Social media refers to interaction among people in which they create, share, and Or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks checking Facebook/twitter finding information relevant to research sending and receiving email downloading music and other things listening to music shopping e commerce chatting and many more etc. 

Some statistics related to social media 

Consumers continue to spend more time on social networks than on any other category of sites roughly 20 percent of their total time online via personal computer and 30 percent of total time online via mobile. Facebook remains the most visited social network in the mobile apps 

Impact of media types 

. Induced fear and phobias 

. Media multi tasking affects attention 

. Reality vs fantasy

. Time use

. Behaviour changes 

. Aggression and violence 

. Tendency to be alone

. Anxiety problems 

. Privacy issues 

. Stress hyper tension 

. Over exposure to unwanted content

Impact of high exposure on behavior of mental health results : lower academic achievement, grades, lower attachment to school, shorter attention spans, among youth who report I ternet harassment victimization and unwanted sexual encounters report extreme upset. Visiting hate and satanic sites are associated with significantly elevated odds of violet behavior perpetratuon exposure to media violence does not affect all children in the same way . studies  show exposure to tv violence activatee brain regions that regulate emotion, arousal and attention, and episodic memory. Extensive viewing may lead to a large number of aggressive scripts stored in long term memory that end up influencing behavior. 

The problem with technology is it provides anonymity it feels like a safe world without consequences. Indirect form of bullying. Information spread much faster and is put into the hands of masses. 

Media effects and youth : violence, sexullay explicit content, drug and alcohol use, body image, steortyping. 

Ways to combat negative media effects without overt regulation. :.educating youth in media literacy, parent-child interaction,  moderation of media consumptipn, spending offline time more than online time, spending more time with family, choosing to meet people in person rather than online, yoga excercise, keeping a check on internet activity and avoiding excessive usage. 

Influence of networking sites on lifestyle 

Social networking sites have some or the other sort of influence on the lifestyle of youth. 

Youth have got addicted to the networking sites and use them more often and as such their life is completely influenced by these 

People find ot trendy to use these networking sites and being a member of the sites is considered trendy and in vogue  thing . 

Some people surf these sites to interact with people with similar prefrencees amd it helps in their decision making ability. 

They take the views and suggestions of the people before taking any such decision and feel quite comfortable with it. 

Some people get knowledge about latest trends in fashion, electronicgadgets and etc. 

The most staggering influence of these networking sites for some people is the use of abbreviated words like d for the and likewise 

Some people use abusive words to vent out their feelings on these networking sites and the same has been seen in their personal life of late m

Certain people often use communities to dishonour thier teachers and bosses pr use bad mouthing words for even celebraties amd sports stars. 

Attention defict hyperactivity disorder 

The practice of logging on daily to see hundreds of new photos, comments, like, user statues have begun to take away our ability to keep our focus on something for more thann an hour or two, making a very real amd possible effects of this all. 

Depresion and loneliness 

When interacting with someone through text messages instant messaging or email a large portion of how humans interavt is gone

Positive aspects of social media : students have easy, free access to resources online to help them learn. Increase general knowledge and awarness of students. Social media facilities political change online networks gives social movements a quick cheap method of dissmeinationg informatiom amd moblizing people. Great for professional and freshers for marketing, connecting, and finding business opportunities. Social media sites have created thousand of jobs and new avenues of income. Establishing connection with people, friends and relatives. It helps in sharing ones views talent, innovation, etc. extensive online engagement is correlate woth personality and brain disorder like poor social skills depression, anxiety, obesity and loneliness enables the speard of false rumors amd unreliable information. 

Negative aspects on youth 

The grades  of student who are heavy users of social media tend to suffer. Social networking sites harm employees productivity. Using social media can harm employment and prospects. People especially the young are often too open amd public with personla information when online. Most of dont read privacy policies and mah be unaware that their informatiom may be used by third parties like advertisers insurance companies and etc. Cyberbullying is commonplace online, caused emotional trauma and sometimes even leads to sucides