Teens Affected By Social Media

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Social media has become a global phenomenon that helps people stay connected with individuals all around the world. When social media was first introduced in 1997, it was mostly used for the purpose of staying connected with people worldwide as well as business promotions. Today the most popular sites: Instagram, SnapChat, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are used daily for many other reasons by everyone who has access to them through a mobile device and/or a computer. But how has the purpose of social media changed? Why are teens the most affected by it? And how did social media become a social problem? Currently, social media have become such an issue that many teens have are suffering from multiple psychological problems.
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No matter how great their selfie is they may be measuring their worth on how many “likes” or “comments” the selfie gets. Social Media is a virtual world where you can transform your image the best way possible with filters.This turns the selfie into an addition and a determiner of teenagers’ beauty, worth, popularity and validity. If a selfie doesn’t get a lot of likes or receives a negative comment they may assume they are ugly, stupid, worthless, not good enough or feel people don’t like them”( PhD Campbell ). In fact, “ 35% are worried about people tagging them in unattractive photos, 27% feel stressed about how they look in posted photos, and 22% felt bad about themselves if their photos were ignored” (Knorr 1). Is posting too many selfies a narcissistic psychological trait? Today just opening a social media site on your mobile device directs you straight into your front facing camera. Selfies on social media is shows a lot about a person’s self esteem if it’s high or low.Teens tend to look up to celebrities who are singers, models, athletes and actors in social media sites.“ Adolescents have always been doing this, but with the advent of social they are faced with more opportunities- and-more than ever before. When kids scroll through their feeds and see how great everyone seems, it only adds to the pressure” (Ehmke 5) . Teens look up to famous celebrities in social media who take …show more content…

Their obsessed in becoming the best. “The majority of teenagers are obsessed with self-promotion and comparing themselves to their friends on social media in compulsive ways. Social media provides a constant outlet for the trap of comparison which subsequently creates feelings of depression and low self-worth in many teens. Teenagers rarely have a break from the constant stream of social media because their cellphones have practically become part of their anatomy. To separate from their phones or computer is to separate them from their entire world” (Campbell ). Addiction and obsession have very similar characteristic traits because it first starts with obsession towards social media. Then addiction develops because you can’t live without

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