Young Adults’ Folk Theories of How Social Media Harms Its Users

Young, Rachel; Kananovich, Volha; Johnson, Brett G.

doi:10.1080/15205436.2021.1970186

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“…For example, there is public concern and research evidence on how social media could harm people’s cognitive evaluations of themselves or others, exhibits a false view of life, and damage sense of reality since content on social media platforms are built by their users, and might not reflect the reality ( Cohen et al, 2018 ). As a result, as some studies showed, social media could lower people’s self-esteem and lead them to develop negative image of themselves, which have implications for their health and well-being ( Saiphoo and Vahedi, 2019 ; Young et al, 2023 ). In the current study, body-image and eating disorders, for instance, emerged as the sub-themes of social media addiction during the last period of analysis.…”

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A comprehensive review on emerging trends in the dynamic evolution of digital addiction and depression

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IntroductionUsing digital addiction as an umbrella term to cover any type of addictions to digital technologies such as the internet, smartphones, social media, or video games, the current study aimed to reveal the intellectual structure and evolution of research addressing digital addiction-depression relationship.MethodsThe study combined bibliometric and science mapping analysis methods for this purpose. Data for the study was gathered from Web of Science Core Collection after a comprehensive process of data search/extraction, and 241 articles were included in the final data set. A period-based, comparative science mapping analysis was performed using the SciMAT software.ResultsThe analysis of data over three periods, Period 1 (1983-2016), Period 2 (2017-2019), and Period 3 (2020-2022) showed that internet addiction was the most significant theme across all three periods, which was followed by social media addiction. Depression, which emerged as a significant theme during Period 1, was later covered under anxiety disorder theme. Research interest was mostly on factors related to both addiction and depression such as cognitive distortion, insomnia, loneliness, self-esteem, social support, alexithymia, as well as cybervictimization or academic performance.DiscussionThe results suggested that much research is warranted on the digital addiction-depression relationship in different age cohorts, especially children and elderly. Similarly, the current analysis showed that this line of research particularly focused on internet, gaming and social media addiction, and evidence with regard to other types of digital addiction or related compulsive behaviors was almost absent. In addition, research was mostly inclined to understanding cause-effect relationships, which is significant, but preventive strategies seemed to be barely addressed. Likewise, the smartphone addiction-depression relationship arguably garnered less research interest, so future research would contribute to the field in this respect.

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“…The more readily an observer perceives an intentional actor causing harm to a vulnerable patient, the more 'dyadic' the situation is deemed to be, and the more morally wrong they evaluate the action (Annus, 2021;Schein & Gray, 2015;Ze & Baopei, 2019). This is particularly relevant to understanding moral judgement in online environments in which the harm caused by anti-social behaviour is so often rendered abstract and diffuse by the medium (Pew Research Centre, 2021;Saurwein & Spencer-Smith, 2020;Ullmann & Tomalin, 2020;R. Young et al, 2023).…”

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Evaluating the efficacy of a vignette-based approach to measuring online/offline discrepancies in moral decision making among social media users

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Prior studies of discrepancies in moral decision making across online/offline contexts have been limited by a lack of transparency in the vignette development process. The present study sought to amend this issue by developing and evaluating the efficacy of an original series of 12 pairs of online/offline vignettes. 203 participants completed an online questionnaire in which they reported on morally relevant aspects of the vignette pairs using Likert-type scales. These dependent variables included imageability, emotional response, size of effect, social harm, and moral wrongness. A combination of network modelling and inferential analyses were used to evaluate the efficacy of vignettes for use in subsequent studies. Based on these findings, a small selection of the original 12 vignette pairs were deemed to be reliable enough for future use, and a range of considerations for transparent and rigorous vignette-based approaches to this topic are explored.

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“…Much of this content can be categorized as aspirational, depicting meals one would like to eat, places one would like to travel, relationships one would like to have, and clothes one would like to wear (Duffy, 2017; Young et al, 2021). These aspirational qualities are repeated across the major lifestyle genres—fashion, fitness, food, technology, beauty, wellness, parenting, and home design (Hanusch & Hanitzsch, 2013).…”

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The Political Influence of Lifestyle Influencers? Examining the Relationship Between Aspirational Social Media Use and Anti-Expert Attitudes and Beliefs

Hasell,

Chinn

2023

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As social media are increasingly integrated into our lives, scholars have examined how social media use can inform beliefs about politics and science. This study considers the political implications of following lifestyle influencers and their aspirational content in social media. Aspirational social media use may shape political attitudes and beliefs, even when not explicitly political. Using a two-wave survey of American adults ( N = 1,421), this study examines whether aspirational use of social media is associated with anti-expert attitudes and inaccurate beliefs about politicized science. Data indicate that aspirational social media use is associated with anti-intellectualism and holding more inaccurate beliefs, but not with overall distrust of science. These relationships are moderated by political affiliation, so that the attitudes and beliefs of Democrats and Republicans are similar at high levels of aspirational social media use. The results highlight the need to better understand the political implications of different types of social media use, including seemingly apolitical social media.

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Young Adults’ Folk Theories of How Social Media Harms Its Users

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

A comprehensive review on emerging trends in the dynamic evolution of digital addiction and depression

A comprehensive review on emerging trends in the dynamic evolution of digital addiction and depression

Evaluating the efficacy of a vignette-based approach to measuring online/offline discrepancies in moral decision making among social media users

The Political Influence of Lifestyle Influencers? Examining the Relationship Between Aspirational Social Media Use and Anti-Expert Attitudes and Beliefs

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