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The Impact of Social Media on Teenagers

Keyan WangOne Direction Academy of Canada*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

The rapid development of Internet technology has brought a brand new experience to people's lives, entertainment, work, and study. As a carrier of communication and socialization, social media is developing rapidly, and while adolescents enjoy the convenience brought by social media, the use of social media has also brought about certain impacts on the physical and mental development of adolescents. Social networking sites can promote the formation of online friendships among adolescents, but they can also lead to loneliness and depression and may cause adolescents to form online dependence. An overly open information environment can lead to social comparisons and dissatisfaction with adolescents' images of their bodies. Free speech can also lead to cyberbullying, which can have a negative impact on adolescents' sense of self and emotional experience. With the positive as well as negative impacts that social media can have on adolescents, society should pay more attention to how to mitigate the negative impacts of social media and how to go about controlling adolescents' addiction to social media.

Keywords: Mass media; social media use; impact; adolescents
Published: January 3, 2024
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/24/20231539
Volume: CHR Vol.24
pp. 111-116
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