![]() In essence, having a strong support system includes surrounding yourself with individuals that you feel you can speak openly with and find comfort in sharing your emotions with. Meshi and Ellithorpe (2021) noted that a strong social support system had a positive correlation between mental health and social media. Although these studies mostly examined the adverse outcomes from social media use, they also foreshadowed a positive resolution. ![]() (2017) found that the increased volume in social media use has caused an influx in negative mental health effects. Due to these statistics, I became increasingly interested in the negative effects surrounding social media.īerryman et al. Researchers have found there is a mediating link between depressive tendencies and lower self-esteem in relation to social media use (Oziemek & Biehoff, 2019). Although social media has its positives it also has some negatives. Social media has completely changed the way we as humans interact and consume media. Over three billion people in the world use social media daily as of 2020 (Statista, 2021). On the outside social media is just an advanced way of connecting with others via the internet, however there is a cost to this ease. Technology brought so many new opportunities and careers to our society, but it also brought social media. Technology proved to be the next frontier and creators built on from there. ![]() The turn of the twenty-first century brought many new advancements to our society.
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