...6/7/15 “Social Media’s Catalytic Effects on Mental Distress” In today’s world, one must avoid social media to avoid a heightened risk of mental stress and disorders. Today’s Internet is no longer a necessity to land connections with potential clients or employers. It is no longer just the key to heightened understanding of earthly functions; not just the door to enhancing quality of life and life’s overall level of convenience. Today, the Internet is key to keeping interpersonal relationships alive. The visibility of personal life activity is more than one wants to see; the Internet is now the racetrack on which humans today practice natural selection and evolve: Natural selection entails surviving mental distress, now due to dawn of digital, non face to face communication. Avoiding social media is necessary for optimum mental health because humans crave face-to-face interaction. Today’s information age includes technologies that make real time, distanced communication possible, diminishing the need for face-to-face communication and thus diminishing individual satisfaction of relationships. “Psychological Aspects of Social Media and Mental Well-Being” identifies the correlation between time used on social media and negative effects on cognitive function. “Individuals who spent more time on social media sites were likely to have lower self-esteem who did not believe their friendships were of great quality or value on social media sites were also...
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...Social Medias Negative impact in our society * Social media plays a major part in the way today’s youth are growing up. Although it may have its benefits, it causes a huge negative impact in our society. Social media has drastically changed since it was introduced in 1979 when Usenet systems were first conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, and even since Mark Zuckerberg created “Facebook” in 2004. Social media sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr and Omegle expose today’s adolescence to things they shouldn’t be seeing, and it is as easy as logging in. The following paragraphs will talk about the three main negative effects that social media plays on youth today. These are; one, continuously putting users of Social Media, (and even the internet), in danger, two, damaging face to face socializing skills, and three, exposing our youth to explicit materials. * * Firstly, Social media poses many threats in today’s society. It is accessible from any Computer, Phone, Tablet or IPod with an internet connection. This means that it is easier for children as young as 8 or 9 to connect to a social media site. This in turn exposes them to nudity, swearing and the worst of all; pedophiles and rapists. Rheana Murray of New York Daily News stated that a whopping one in ten profiles online are fake (May 2013). This means that at least 10% or more of a child’s friends on Facebook could be phony. The Carly Ryan incident in 2006 proves that the internet is a very dangerous platform...
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...In today’s world, one simply cannot escape the judgment of others. At the most judgmental time of their lives, teenage girls in the United States struggle to accept themselves while craving the approval of others. As young women strive to reach perfection, the view on women today may influence their dedication for a perfect body. While society shames bigger women for their weight, degrading thoughts begin to take-over the minds of developing teens. Studies show that negative psychological thoughts of oneself often result in eating disorders among teenage girls in the United States; these degrading thoughts can come from clothing companies, the media, and society’s view on women. First, clothing companies can have a big impact on the view that...
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...Review Pressure to be Perfect Media has become an increasingly important aspect of today’s society. People interact with many different forms of media on a daily basis. Because of the frequent usage of media, it is reasonable to assume that it has its effects on people. The topic discussed in this paper is the impact social media has truly had on society. Focusing on the main factors that cause an influence to the general well being of people in modern society, this paper will discuss how the effects of media are determined and explore what is believed to be the two main categories in which media affects today’s society: mental illness and body dissatisfaction. In reviewing the literature on the different effects that media has on society as a whole, ten pieces of literature that discuss the effects that media has on the psychological well being of society will be shown, and that ultimately what is at stake in this conversation is the health of our society. In reviewing the literature regarding the health impacts of social media on society, the authors used in this paper discuss either mental illness or body dissatisfaction. Authors such as Dohyun Ahn, Sheri Bauman, and Sandee LaMotte discuss the mental illnesses in their articles (“Is the Social Use of Media…”, “Associations Among Bullying…”, and “The Health Risks of Cyberbullying…” respectively. The remaining seven authors who focus on body image and how it is influenced by the media can be separated by three subcategories...
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...Review Pressure to be Perfect Media has become an increasingly important aspect of today’s society. People interact with many different forms of media on a daily basis. Because of the frequent usage of media, it is reasonable to assume that it has its effects on people. The topic discussed in this paper is the impact social media has truly had on society. Focusing on the main factors that cause an influence to the general well being of people in modern society, this paper will discuss how the effects of media are determined and explore what is believed to be the two main categories in which media affects today’s society: mental illness and body dissatisfaction. In reviewing the literature on the different effects that media has on society as a whole, ten pieces of literature that discuss the effects that media has on the psychological well being of society will be shown, and that ultimately what is at stake in this conversation is the health of our society. In reviewing the literature regarding the health impacts of social media on society, the authors used in this paper discuss either mental illness or body dissatisfaction. Authors such as Dohyun Ahn, Sheri Bauman, and Sandee LaMotte discuss the mental illnesses in their articles (“Is the Social Use of Media…”, “Associations Among Bullying…”, and “The Health Risks of Cyberbullying…” respectively. The remaining seven authors who focus on body image and how it is influenced by the media can be separated by three subcategories...
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...society, questions remain about its effects of media on humanity. Social Media Violence, Video Game Controversies. Child Development, Mental Health, and Youth Behavior have all been concerns pertaining to the convenience of our peer groups. The world’s common persona is perceived as though big media affects teenage decisions, their standards of appearance and personality, communication, and the advantages and disadvantages of their lifestyle. The 21st century Media contains elements that could obtain either a positive or negative influence on our younger generation. As you all know, Social Media portrays violence indirectly and directly through common platforms used by today’s youth. A local newscast entitled “ABC News” aired a story where they interviewed a Chicago citizen who revealed how sites were used to promote violence. For Example, Gangs use sites to produce threats against others and rival gangs or as an opportunity for membership openings. Deaths and violent operations have been caused because of these brutal acts. Also, Meta-analyses of these baleful results of violent media prove that youth who observe these types of media have ranging anti-social behaviors. According to the Social Cognitive...
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...The Effects of Social Media on Generation Y Abbigail Bronkema Chamberlain College of Nursing Abstract This paper explores the effects of Social media on today’s Millennials. Social media has created an environment that allows for communication and sharing posts with friends and even someone unknown. This paper also explores three published books and three articles that report on the effects of Social media on social and personal behavior. In the first section of this paper it examines the difficulty of interpersonal communication, that has been created by Social media, for Generation Y. Keller (2013) suggests that we are more social and more interactive with other but the style of communication has changed. This paper also looks at the ability to interact with anyone through different media sites. Cabral (2008) reports that younger generations are changing how the society communicates on many different levels. The last section of this paper examines the fulfillment without delay that Social media provides to Millennials. Alsop (2014) supports that social media supplies instant gratification whenever Millennials need it. Keywords: Social media, Interpersonal communication, Instant gratification The Effects of Social Media on Generation Y There are many influences that shape today’s Millennials lifestyles and behaviors. Families, friends, and environment are the main factors that shape a person as they grow, but today social media has begun to make its mark...
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...impossible for women if done through healthy means. Because of this, many women develop body dissatisfaction, which can lead to serious and dangerous consequences, such as the development of eating disorders, in order to be “beautiful”. While there are many factors that can be linked to eating disorders, research has found that the media’s influence on society’s portrayal of extremely thin females as the ideal body is directly correlated to the increase in body dissatisfaction, eating disorders and other harmful conditions found in women. By analyzing this from a feminist perspective, it can be argued that not only does the media’s influence on the idealization of thinness effect females physical and mental health negatively, but it also acts as reinforcement for the patriarchal culture prevalent in today’s society. There is a wide range of eating disorders, ranging from minor to severe. Body dissatisfaction, which is “a psychiatric condition in which the affected person suffers from a flawed perception that views some part of the body or physical feature to be defective or...
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...and every day. The media today presents an unrealistic image of women, which pressures women to make unhealthy decisions. Perfection is “important” and the media has no problem letting women around the world know they are slacking. In today's society, women are plagued with images of the so-called "perfect woman”; this causes a catalyst of effects in the women of today's society. Over the years the average woman’s weight has increased while the average fashion model’s weight has dropped. “This growing difference has had a well-documented and pronounced negative effect on the body image of the women and girls who read women’s magazines” (Qtd in Kramer). Throughout history women have been constantly pressured to have the “ideal” body image. As the years went by, the women in the magazine became less realistic and more idealistic. When we look into the magazines today we are bombarded with thin models. In 2004 a journal “Eating Disorders,” women were portrayed in the media as having ideal bodies weighed approximately 15 percent less than average women, making the ideal body difficult, if not impossible, for most women to attain” (Qtd in Kramer). Since women today are feeling so much pressure to look a certain way they will believe any Magazine ad that they see for weight loss. Some even think that they need to go through extremely dangerous procedures to look like “Americas Next Top Model.” With fashion being one of the biggest social class acceptors in today’s society, it too puts...
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...Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted The term “social media” refers to the wide range of Internet-based and mobile services that allow users to participate in online exchanges, contribute user-created content, or join online communities (Dewing). It has become common today to use applications such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to express and share your thoughts, opinions, and common interest. In Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted, writer Malcolm Gladwell touches upon the issues of social media’s role in activism vs. the traditional way of becoming a true activist Many of us today use these social networks for its beneficial approach to attract users and acquaintances to support their cause or activism. In today’s social era, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and so on constantly surround us. For most individuals, these social applications have become our daily way of communication. These application are so internally imbedded within our lives we tend to believe that what goes through these social media are true and that we technically are involved and active on these events, causes, and activism. Utilizing the sources from Gladwell’s Small Change: Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted allows the reader to be more persuaded to believing that social outlets do not help change a cause or revolution. Gladwell uses the events at Greensboro to confirm his belief of how a protest can manifest itself without the usage of social media. For example, “These events in the early...
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...Today’s media is unlike any other before; it just keeps growing bigger and better. There is so much information and so many different ways to acquire the information on anything that one would want to know. There is television, newspapers, magazines, internet, and many more. The only question that draws to my mind is; with everything that is available is it hurting our children and adolescents? Today’s media may not be the only reason for today’s children acting more violent, their obsession with sex and a cause of insecurity, but it is an immense cause. The media today is extremely essential in society no doubt. It provides us information on any subject or matter. We receive information on subjects like the weather, local, and worldwide news, to entertainment. With the positives of the media outweighing the negative aspects people may think that the media is not hurting today’s children and adolescents, but the truth in many people’s opinion is that the negative can be very detrimental. To see how detrimental the media truly can be on children, one needs to examine just how much children and adolescents are exposed to it. Today’s children ranging from infants to 17 become exposed to an enormous amount of media and in most opinions much more than ever before. In today’s society, “the average American child spends three to five hours a day watching television” (Adams, 2008 para.2). If one really stops to think about that statistic, it seems somewhat absurd. In most...
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...The Effect of Social Media Network on Student’s Attitude towards Social Life CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Research Question 1. Is there any relationship between the Satisfaction of User and the Trust of those students who use Social Media Network daily in their lives? 2. What are the independent factors involved that effect the dependent variable such as Social Behavior of the student while using Social Media Network Sites on daily basis? 1.1 Background Social Media Networking is considered to be one of the most important means of communication for young generations and most importantly for the students in today’s advance technology. In today’s communication world, Facebook is considered to be the most visited website (Wilhelm, 2010). The elements which influence the youngsters or student’s decision to use social media networking is still a mystery. In order to understand the social networking, this study is an attempt to understand and explore the student’s behavior that what makes them so eager to get connected in the social networking and what effect take place in their behaviors or attitudes while using social networking (O’Reilly, 2007). The term Social Networks have a different meaning in the literature, as to some of researchers who have a different set of meaning Socially & Interactive Technologies. This can be anything such as messaging and text messaging or other networks which provides online communications that allows youngsters and students...
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...The Impact of Social Media on Everyday Life Social media can impact life in a many number of ways. It can impact things as public as a business that grosses billions of dollars every year, to something as small as your personal life. It can be known to greatly improve an image or it can tear it apart from the inside out. It all depends on the way you portray your image as well as maintaining the image you display. Maintaining the image will sway the way other people portray it. Not everyone will like what you have to give but, if you really put effort, time, patients, and passion into what you're casting onto Social Media you could use Social Media imaging to take you very far. Some of the more appreciable concepts of Social Media can be seen through the businesses strive, even though economic hardships. A business such as a fast food chain can use social media in multiple ways for their advantage. Some people have in fact questioned what Social Media is exactly. The answer to this is quite simple. Social Media is computer-mediated tools that help share or exchange ideas, photos, videos, and information made or obtained by an individual through a virtual connection of communities and networks. In today's society having the advantage of today’s technology vastly improves how quickly information and concepts amongst many other things are shared. PAGE: 2 EACH TYPE OF SOCIAL MEDIA DEFINED Blogging is a way to use websites to express a writer's or a groups of writers' opinions...
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...and elsewhere, assess the view that the mass media are a major cause of crime and deviance in today’s society. (21 marks) It could be argued that with some issues, the media plays a heavy role in influencing people to commit crime. Interactionist sociologists could argue that the media provide a form of database for imitation/copy cat crimes and from seeing these crimes the public are more likely to do them. In the media people are exposed to various types of crime, mainly violent and sexual and so might feel the want to copy these. For example, the copies of Jack the Ripper, the serial killer named the Zodiac or other serious crimes such as school shootings inspired by coverage of the Columbine shooting in America. Therefore it could be argued that the mass media which exposes these crimes to the population could cause these crimes, as they directly relate the crimes reported on. However it could be argued that these crimes which are reported as copy cat actually occur at a much lesser scale than we think. For instance these school shooings and serial killings do not happen as occasionally as might be thought. Although sociologists might argue that the main source of influence even for the small amount of crimes is the mainstream media which reported on them and exaggerated them in the first place. Meaning that media could be seen as a major cause of some crime in this aspect. Left realists argue that media is a major cause of crime also for the fact that it promotes...
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...Alexander S Morillo SOC 122 Professional Orval Jewett May 11, 2013 The Positive and Negative Effects of Media on Consumers In some way, shape or form media and technology play a very important role in our lives. Before the digital age mainly newspapers and radios distributed media. In today’s day in age mass media is publicized either through multiple forms of technology such as the radio, television, computer, cell phones, and tablets. Although we may view these forms of media and technology as positive, negative repercussions also tend to arise. One negative repercussion for example is an over exposure to media which causes health problems due to unhealthy advertisement that “hypnotizes” consumers into buying goods and services which have negative impacts on their lives. Yet a positive effect is that the common man gets the latest news within a fraction of seconds. Media and technology provides society with information. This through nonfiction sources such as the news and also through fictional sources such as movies and books. Even though the latter are not factually true, they are informed by facts and provide interpretations and perspectives. Spreading information makes a better-informed society whose people make decisions based on more information. Social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, have removed all the communication and interaction barriers. People can now communicate his/her perception and thoughts over a variety of topics. Students and experts...
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