Maybe you’ve had this discussion with your spouse, colleague or friend, or yourselfand you’ve asked yourself the question: is our personal and social media technology stifling our society? It is, and I think that it is and I am convinced that it’s becoming a major issue, a conclusion that numerous of my acquaintances or friends have come to however, where do we begin and what can be done about this? Okay , let’s discuss, will we?
the effects of social media on mental health
A lot of teenagers aren’t eager to finish High School because their schools won’t allow them to make use of their smartphones, they are not allowed to use devices on campus. Additionally, students at school, they take their devices out when the school is closed which makes them less likely to participate in activities after school. These days, some community colleges are requiring similar rules, and even some Universities that offer undergraduate programs.
Then I’d like you to review an interesting Thesis written by Talli Stewart. Stewart B.A. from San Marcos, Texas, that was completed in August of 2013 and entitled “I I Can’t Use My Mobile Phone? Cell Phone Addiction, Social environments and the health of college students,” which really poses many more difficult realities that we will have to face in the near future. The study cited among other intriguing findings that
“Results showed that levels of restricted social spaces and cell phone use influence the amount of depression and anxiety felt by people,” and “significant variations in Internet usage groups with moderate, low or high scores of cell phone addiction suggest that high levels of Internet use via a cell phone is associated with the higher prevalence of addiction to cell phones.”
So, I think I’m able to say with confidence that the majority of us are awed by these findings. but now that we have the evidence and data that we will have future concerns about the social experiment that is taking place that is involving cellphones as well as social media doing, we might want to look at ways to improve this model in order to prevent problems in the future.
In the event that social media is trying create the community more stable but it’s not working, it’s actually doing the opposite in that it is causing people to get rid of the old model of real-life personal engaging in social interaction with a sexy self-confidence and a false sense of belonging, but we observe that young people or young adult are far more concerned with their personal technology than in their future and aren’t doing themselves and their professions any favors. In fact, I hope that you’ll consider this and reflect on the implications.