scholarly journals Online self-harm content might provide peer support to young people

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Technologies ◽  
Self Harm

Youth today find themselves living in an era of social media, with easy access to a wide range of social networking sites. Unfortunately, emerging evidence suggests that some social technologies might cause more harm than good to some young people’s mental health.1,2

Image Sharing on Social Networking Sites: Who, What, Why, and So What?

2019 ◽  
pp. 348-369
Author(s):  
Melanie Keep ◽  
Anna Janssen ◽  
Krestina Amon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Image Sharing ◽  
Photo Sharing

Sharing images online, particularly through social networking sites (SNSs), is a widespread activity. The popularity of image sharing on SNSs has provided researchers with a unique opportunity for investigating how and why we communicate with each other via images. This chapter discusses research about photo sharing on three popular SNSs: Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. The unique affordances of each platform have resulted in differences in the images people share on them, and why people choose to share or view different images across the different SNSs. Personal characteristics also shape how and why we share images online. The chapter, therefore, also considers the role of age, gender, and personality on image sharing behaviors and preferences. Finally, the chapter outlines our current understanding of the interrelationship between image sharing and mental health. This chapter thus considers: Who shares images on social media? What do they share? Why do they share these images? What are the mental health consequences of image sharing on SNSs?

scholarly journals Influence of social media on tourism – especially among students of the University of Debrecen

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gergely Ráthonyi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Trip Planning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Decision Alternatives ◽  
New Applications

Derive from the characteristic, decisions connected with travelling have high risk for the travellers therefore they try to collect more detailed information and thoroughly map decision alternatives in order to decrease uncertainty. Wide spread of the Internet and rapid technological evolution have revolutionized all industries in the World especially tourism. Platform of tourism increasingly get to the Internet nowadays which is vitally important because tourism is an informationbased and information-intensive industry. Thanks to development of the internet tourists have an opportunity to access such information and purchasing opportunities which were available with the help of intermediaries earlier. Providing wide range of possibilities, Web 2.0 fundamentally changed the way of tourists’ information search behaviour and travelling decision making. This article collects some of the most significant new applications (social networking sites, blogs) in tourism – examine them from the two sides of tourism (demand, supply) – which principally based on active participation of users. Furthermore an offline questionnaire was made in order to survey the social media usage of the student (University of Debrecen, Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences) during their leisure travel planning process. Although findings of the study reveal that vast majority of students use social networking sites every day, they don’t really use these platforms during their trip planning process. Among students, friends and relatives are the most important and the most trustworthy source of information due to characteristics of sample.

Social Networking Sites and Civic Participation: Analyzing the Mediating Role of Online Bridging Social Capital

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashmeet Kaur ◽  
H.K. Dangi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Wide Range

Technological advancements have introduced creative communication media with social media being one of its kind. Since its introduction, the use of social media is rising in India providing people a better penetrating medium to share their views and ideas. These networking sites have given people a wide range of options to share views about social issues as well. Civic participation is a personal or group effort to resolve a social issue. With the onset of social media, offline civic participatory activities have made a transition to the online space as well. With the soaring influence of social media, this study aims to determine the extent to which Social Networking Sites (SNS) usage influences social capital and civic participatory behaviour. It aims to examine whether SNS use aids in the development of behavior that fosters civic participation. Further, the mediating role of online bridging social capital is analyzed in the relationship between SNS use intensity and civic participation of users. The results show the role of SNS in positively influencing online and offline civic participatory behaviour of the users with online bridging social capital acting as a mediating variable. However, the cross-sectional nature of this study constrained the ability to infer causal associations. The study concludes with recommendations and directions for future research. The different SNS can be compared to learn about their respective influence on civic participatory behavior and infer this phenomenon in an enhanced manner.

scholarly journals Effects of social media on Basra College Students and their treatment

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Sundss Baqer Dawood ◽  
Zinah Abdulsttar Abdullah ◽  
Nael Jaafar Ali Alqudhayeb ◽  
Luay Abdulwahid Shihab
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Survey Form ◽  
Academic Year

The aim of this study was to check the level of effects of social media on Basra college students and their treatment and to determine the level of effects of social media according to different variables. The study was designed using a survey form. Participants in the study were 102 students who were randomly chosen from different social and economic areas during the 2019-2020 academic year. As the statistics from social networking sites indicate, young people are among the most Categories are the use of these networks, so they are vulnerable to being affected and affected, cognitively, emotionally, and behaviorally. They have before stage Factors related to their ability to handle and keep up with technology and leisure Overwork, in addition to forming many intellectual trends for them. Keywords: Effects; Social media; Students; Treatment

scholarly journals Social Drinking on Social Media: Content Analysis of the Social Aspects of Alcohol-Related Posts on Facebook and Instagram (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanneke Hendriks ◽  
Bas Van den Putte ◽  
Winifred A Gebhardt ◽  
Megan A Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Presence Of People

BACKGROUND Alcohol is often consumed in social contexts. An emerging social context in which alcohol is becoming increasingly apparent is social media. More and more young people display alcohol-related posts on social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram. OBJECTIVE Considering the importance of the social aspects of alcohol consumption and social media use, this study investigated the social content of alcohol posts (ie, the evaluative social context and presence of people) and social processes (ie, the posting of and reactions to posts) involved with alcohol posts on social networking sites. METHODS Participants (N=192; mean age 20.64, SD 4.68 years, 132 women and 54 men) gave researchers access to their Facebook and/or Instagram profiles, and an extensive content analysis of these profiles was conducted. Coders were trained and then coded all screenshotted timelines in terms of evaluative social context, presence of people, and reactions to post. RESULTS Alcohol posts of youth frequently depict alcohol in a positive social context (425/438, 97.0%) and display people holding drinks (277/412, 67.2%). In addition, alcohol posts were more often placed on participants’ timelines by others (tagging; 238/439, 54.2%) than posted by participants themselves (201/439, 45.8%). Furthermore, it was revealed that such social posts received more likes (mean 35.50, SD 26.39) and comments than nonsocial posts (no people visible; mean 10.34, SD 13.19, P<.001). CONCLUSIONS In terms of content and processes, alcohol posts on social media are social in nature and a part of young people’s everyday social lives. Interventions aiming to decrease alcohol posts should therefore focus on the broad social context of individuals in which posting about alcohol takes place. Potential intervention strategies could involve making young people aware that when they post about social gatherings in which alcohol is visible and tag others, it may have unintended negative consequences and should be avoided.

scholarly journals Peer Responses to Trans Youth Tweeting About Self-Harm and Suicidality

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-142
Author(s):  
Drew Simms
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
Trans Youth

BackgroundTransgender youth have been found to be at higher risk of experiencing common mental health problems than their cisgender peers, but there has been little research into the mechanisms of peer support among this group. Research into how young people communicate about self-harm and suicidality on social media has found patterns of behavior in which young people encourage each other's risky and self-injurious actions, but whether this holds true among minority groups such as trans youth has not been established.MethodTwitter biographies were searched to find self-identifying trans people aged 14–18 years. The resulting accounts were searched for key words related to common mental health issues. The tweets caught by the search terms and their replies were coded into themes using a combination of inductive and deductive coding. The occurrence of themes were quantified and analyzed using SPSS 24.Results1,468 tweets were analyzed from 235 accounts; 133 (56.6%) of the accounts with relevant content received no public replies to tweets mentioning mental health issues. Of the 102 (43.4%) that did receive public replies, 64 (62.7%) received a maximum of two replies. Three themes were found in replies to tweets, Support, Feeling the Same Way, and Advice. Most replies were expressions of support, followed by expressions of feeling the same way; advice was rare. There were no incidents of replies that were dismissive of or encouraged self-injurious behavior.DiscussionFindings differ from existing research on how youth interact with each other online with regard to mental health issues: the trans youth in this study were not found to encourage risky and self-injurious behavior in each other. This has implications for caring for trans youth in mental health settings, where social media use is normally discouraged, as its use may be a protective factor for trans youth specifically.

scholarly journals Why Social Media Is Ruining Your Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 14
Author(s):  
Sarah Grace Glover
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Personal Accounts ◽  
The Brain

Katherine Omerod’s Why Social Media Is Ruining Your Life takes a cursory look into social networks and their effects on mental health and day-to-day life. As a fashion blogger who uses Instagram as the main source of her business, Omerod uses both personal accounts and academic research to address current issues and bad behaviors developed through frequent social network use. Omerod’s main argument is that social media exaggerates self-esteem and mental health issues. She discusses how social networking sites such as Facebook and Instagram interact with the brain like an addiction.

scholarly journals The Use of Social Networking Sites in Mental Health Interventions for Young People: Systematic Review (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad Ridout ◽  
Andrew Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Interventions

BACKGROUND The onset of mental health problems peaks between adolescence and young adulthood; however, young people face barriers to treatment and are often reluctant to seek professional help. Many are instead seeking support and information regarding their mental health via the Web, especially via social networking sites (SNSs), and hence, there is a promising opportunity to use SNSs to deliver or integrate with youth-focused online mental health interventions. Previous reviews have evaluated the effectiveness of SNSs for specific disorders in young people; however, none of the reviews have covered the breadth of SNS–based youth mental health interventions available across all mental health issues. OBJECTIVE This review aimed to systematically identify available evidence regarding the use of SNS–based interventions to support the mental health of young people aged up to 25 years, to evaluate their effectiveness, suitability, and safety, and identify gaps and opportunities for future research. METHODS The PubMed and PsycINFO databases were searched using Medical Subject Headings terms and exploded keywords and phrases. Retrieved abstracts (n=974) were double screened, yielding 235 articles for screening at the full-text level. Of these, 9 articles met the review inclusion criteria. Given the small number of studies, and the variety of outcome measures used, a quantitative meta-analysis was not possible. RESULTS The 9 articles (quantitative studies, qualitative studies, and descriptions of the iterative design process) covered 5 separate interventions. Of the 5 interventions, 2 interventions used purpose-built platforms based on the moderated online social therapy (MOST) model, 2 used Facebook, and 1 evaluated a purpose-built mobile app. The 2 MOST interventions targeted specific mental health issues (depression and psychosis), whereas the others focused on improving mental health literacy, social support, and general well-being. Only 3 quantitative studies were identified, and all used a pre-post design (without a control group) to establish proof of concept. Of the outcome variables assessed, there were significant improvements in mental health knowledge and number of depressive symptoms but no improvement in anxiety or psychosis symptoms. Acceptability of and engagement with the SNS platforms were generally high, as were perceptions of usefulness and safety. Moderation by clinical experts was identified as a key component of the more successful interventions. When offered a choice, users showed a preference for mobile apps over Web-based interfaces. CONCLUSIONS The evidence reviewed suggests young people find SNS–based interventions highly usable, engaging, and supportive. However, future studies need to address the current lack of high-quality evidence for their efficacy in reducing mental health symptoms. Given young people are already turning to SNSs to engage in knowledge seeking and peer-to-peer support, SNS–based youth mental health interventions provide an opportunity to address some of the barriers young people face in accessing qualified mental health support and information.

The Evolution of Social Media and the Impact on Modern Therapeutic Relationships

2021 ◽  
pp. 106648072110524
Author(s):  
Nina Méndez-Diaz ◽  
Ginneh Akabr ◽  
Lucy Parker-Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Histrionic Personality Disorder ◽  
Bipolar Mania ◽  
The Impact

Combining the most popular social networking sites (SNS), Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin, and Pinterest, the number of social networking users has exceeded two billion ( Jain, 2013 ). The average American spends on average 37 min to 2 h and 16 min on SNS each day, which surpasses any other internet activity, including email ( Adler, 2014 ; Batastini & Vitacco, 2020 ; Kemp, 2019 ). The high number of users and the amount of time people spend social networking has given rise to an increased interest of research on social medical and mental health. For example, several studies have shown that extended social media use increases depression ( Coyne et al., 2020 ; Veretilo & Billick, 2012 ), symptoms of bipolar mania, narcissism, and histrionic personality disorder in adults 18–35 ( Rosen et al., 2013 ) and decreases self-esteem among adolescents ( Coyne et al., 2020 ; Shapiro & Margolin, 2014 ).

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