How Social Media Hurting In Our Real Life An interesting fact that says, more than 350 million Facebook users suffer from Facebook Addiction Syndrome (Brown p.1)! It shows how the social networking sites like Facebook are taking control over our life. These social networking sites are virtual communities that help and encourage its user to share their personal information, making new friends and communicate with other users. However, its role is very questionable. There are many reasons to worry about it.
It has caused countless arguments, cyber bullying, people committing suicide and horrible images and videos being uploaded for the world to see. This simple site is actually very complex. People tend to think its a great way to make friends and reconnect with old ones, but in my opinion is a way of causing stress and anxiety in someones life. Often people use it to cause upset and insult someone from the comfort of behind their computer screen. The problem with Facebook is that it often puts people in bad situations often leading to suicide, self harm, low self-esteem, being harmed by a predator and not being hired by a company.
Social media helps teens advance socially in the world, but it seems a side effect of social media is depression. Lara Devgan, a plastic surgeon in New York City and writer of ABC news, writes in her article, “Facebook May Be Making You Sad,” that a study from the University of Michigan shows that the more people use Facebook, the more unhappy they become. The study showed that users of social media sites were dissatisfied with their lives after they got off their social media site. People may get more friends on social media sites, but the more they see their friend’s lives, the more they are unhappy with their own lives. This is just a natural human action.
In other words, as we get older, we have a harder time with distractions online with the Internet, Facebook, and such. Finally, some people say that using Google will make a person stupid, which is true for some, but others like me, actually use it for research and to learn as well. Experienced Internet users actually showed increased brain activity, with more advanced decision-making skills and complex reasoning. In simple terms, the inexperienced Internet users lagged behind. This is either a win or lose for using Google, it help some, but also fails others.
Throughout the book depression is a big issue for Holden. It has also become an issue for American teenagers. Depression brings up the thought of suicide, which also seems to be a problem with American teens. A number of times throughout the book Holden has even said how depressing certain situations where. It has been said that when hearing about depressing or sad things it makes others sad or depressed as well.
One of them admitted that she finds the prospect of being alone so unsettling that she'll sit with a friend even when she has a paper to write. Another said, why would anyone want to be alone?" While this is partially an exaggeration, the thought process behind it still rings true. This is a sentiment felt by many teenagers. Simply looking at the percentages of teenage depression or suicide can be a clear indicator of the mindset of teenagers these days.
Too much of anything is never a good thing. Negative psychological effects are common in individuals who actively participate on social media for hours on a daily basis. In 2008, UCLA conducted a study which revealed web users had literally altered their prefrontal cortexes due to, in part, to the fast pace of social networking sites rewiring the brain with repeated exposure. “In 2012, Medical News Today reported on a study suggesting that Facebook use may feed anxiety and increase a person's feeling of
Men are two and a half times more likely than women to have alcohol abuse problems. Due to the accessibility and price, alcohol is also becoming a problem among Australia’s teenage population. In a study conducted in 2004, 25% of those aged 14-19 drink alcohol on a daily or weekly basis. The study also stated that 77% of boys in that age group consume high intensity beers, while 85% of girls of the same group consume liquors. There has been an increase of young people with alcohol problems in youth centers, police stations and hospitals in the past five years.
Mental Health – Self Assessment 1) Explain in your own words signs and symptoms of depression (ensure you use reliable websites e.g. government websites, books and the DVD on depression and suicide). As much as being occasionally down is normal, when you start to experience that same feeling more often and worse than usual that’s the first sign of depression. When your sadness is worse than usual it means that you aren’t really even feeling sad, you are feeling empty, restless, uninterested, hopeless and unsocial. Depression is when you are experiencing one of those feelings that won’t go away.
Social Media's Effects On Young People In this essay I shall evaluate social media effects on young people. Social media has many communicate platforms that use for interaction with other people and obtaining information. Statistics shows that 751 million users access Facebook from mobile with 7000 different devices and there are over 288 million monthly active users on twitter in the world (Social Media Stats and Facts for 2013 | Social Media Today. Retrieved from http://socialmediatoday.co). Although social media is thought as beneficial, it has three negative effects and can be dangerous for young people.