Social media can be a balm to soothe the stressed mind. Unfortunately, it can also be the devil and not really even in disguise.
Nearly four billion people use social media all over the world. According to data from Oberlo, this number jumped by 920 million over the last few years. If you are reading this on your phone, you are one of the 9 out of 10 who use mobile devices to do so. Perhaps you are also close to the average user spending nearly 3 hours a day on social media (Statista). As an educator, I see students in my class using social media while they wait, while they walk, and yes, sometimes while in class with me. As a father, I see my kids often lost in the tantalizing world of their phones.
Is this a problem?
While research shows a strong association between the release of the iPhone and rates of loneliness and depression in children (see a recent study in the Journal of Adolescence by Twenge et. al,) there is no definitive data that phone use causes loneliness and other health problems. The association is very strong, but few experimental studies varying social media use to test differential health outcomes have been conducted. That’s no surprise as those studies are hard to do, but the associations give us cause for concern.
As schools, colleges, and universities start up in earnest, it is important to note that social media use deprives many of us, parents, teachers, students alike, of sleep. Many individuals use social media at the expense of doing other...
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