Alice Watson 6 Ways Social Media Affects Our Mental Health Summary

An Analytical comparison of Alice Watson “6 ways social media affects our mental health” and Jeanne Lee “how social media affects your mental health”
In the articles “6 ways social media affects our mental health” by Alice Watsonand “how social media affects your mental health” by Jeanne Lee. The authors express their different point of views and experiences with the effects of social media on mental health. Both Watson and Lee agree in their articles that the effects are negative such as addiction, depression, jealousy, envy and the practice of comparisons. However their views on the effects are a little different from each others. In the article “6 ways social media affects our mental health” by Alice Watson. Watson shows her concern about the dangerous effects of social media on our health. She warns people of the effects such as addiction, depression, jealousy, envy and the practice of comparisons. Watson includes different studies to prove her points and convince readers of the harms. The studies she includes are

She talks about her addiction to use of social media and how it badly impacted her lifestyle both mentally and psychically. Just like Watson she talks about the little face to face interactions because users develop delusional thoughts such as” just because they may have many friends on social media they are a very social person”. However that is not the case lee also talks about how social media is making our brains slower. Due to the immediate access to Google at our fingertips making it less necessary to memorize facts. She also talks about other mental disorders such as “digital Amnesia “which is caused by taking picture and easy to forget memories we want to cherish. She includes studies and research about information such as the 2017 duke studies that talk about addiction, envy, jealousy and coping with