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Page 1 Annie Sparkman Mr. Flatt Engl 1020 31, January 2023 Why Social Media Does More Harm Than Good For years social media has been used to communicate, keep up with distant friends, ad- vertise, and quickly spread news. While social media platforms do sometimes contribute to the betterment of society, as the years go on we continue to see negative trends linked to higher us- ages of these platforms. Social media does more harm than good because of its links to poor body image, psychiatric issues, and the spreading of false information. Social media’s impact on body image and standards is absolutely undeniable. The pur- poses of platforms are to post the highlights of our lives and project a personally selected social image. This can make many people feel inadequate on a daily basis causing them to ask them- selves things like, “Why don’t I look like that?” or “Why is my life so boring?” Never achieving this unattainable standard of beauty leaves us second guessing ourselves. In, Jarman, Hannah K., et al. "Motivations for Social Media use: Associations with Social Media Engagement and Body Satisfaction and Well-being among Adolescents." Journal of Youth and Adolescence, vol. 50, no. 12, 2021, pp. 2279-2293. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/moti- vations-social-media-use-associations-with/docview/2595784018/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s10964-020-01390-z. it discusses social media use among adolescents and the negative effects it has on them. In the article body dissatisfaction is listed as a common side effect of so- cial media usage. In, Becker, Anne E. "Television, Disordered Eating, and Young Women in Fiji: Negotiating Body Image and Identity during Rapid Social Change." Culture, Medicine and

Page 2 Psychiatry, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 533-59. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-jour- nals/television-disordered-eating-young-women-fiji/docview/230010646/se-2, doi:https:// doi.org/10.1007/s11013-004- 1067-5, it outlines more effects the media has on body image and it addresses the unhealthy extremes some will got to to meet the media’s standards. In, Perloff, Richard M. "Social Media Effects on Young Women's Body Image Concerns: Theoretical Per- spectives and an Agenda for Research." Sex Roles, vol. 71, no. 11-12, 2014, pp. 363-377. Pro- Quest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/social-media-effects-on-young-womens- body-image/docview/1628176241/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-014-0384-6, this arti- cle focuses on the theoretically driven body image standards our society has. It also focuses on the thought process behind the people social media effects. Detailing how difficult attaining self confidence, kind body image, and good mental health can be. The effects these platforms will have on the next generations are frightening, and the extremely unhealthy eating habits, body im- age, and repercussions on our physical body are undeniably linked. In, Jia, Guizhi, et al. "Psychometric Evaluation of the Chinese Version of Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users and Cross-Sectional Investigation into this Disorder among College Students." Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 116, 2022. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/ scholarly-journals/psychometric-evaluation-chinese-version-social/docview/2672693299/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152328, they discussed the links between social media usage and psychiatric issues. The researchers conducted studies about psychological con- sequences of using social media regularly. They discovered that social anxiety, depression, and other psychiatric processes were stimulated because of social media usage. False information spread through social media has become an increasingly important is- sue. In, Kimberly M., et al. "The Effect of Twitter Exposure on False Memory Formation." Psy-

Page 3 chonomic Bulletin & Review, vol. 21, no. 6, 2014, pp. 1551-6. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.- com/scholarly-journals/effect-twitter-exposure-on-false-memory-formation/docview/ 1630745738/se-2, this article outlines how as social media popularity increases, so does the spread of false news. They also discussed how popular social media platforms,Twitter and Face- book, have been affected by these issues. False news can lead to memory distortion of their pro- grams. This means that it makes it hard provide factually correct information and data. Sources such as these become less credible or truthful. In, Ullah, Saif, Nadia Massoud, and Barry Schol- nick. "The Impact of Fraudulent False Information on Equity Values: JBE." Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 120, no. 2, 2014, pp. 219-235. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-jour- nals/impact-fraudulent-false-information-on-equity/docview/1503750949/se-2, doi:https:// doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1657-7, they discuss the impact of fraudulent information. The au- thor listed side affects including, economic impact, public health concerns, and mass manipula- tion. All of these are quite alarming, and I hope that this article can help all of us to question ev- erything we are told nowadays. False information can leak into and effect even the most per- sonal parts of our lives, effecting loved ones, pets, and our environment. Quintanilha, Tiago L., Marisa T. da Silva, and Tiago Lapa. "Fake News and its Impact on Trust in the News. using the Portuguese Case to Establish Lines of Differentiation." Communication & Society, vol. 32, no. 3, 2019, pp. 17-33. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/fake-news-impact-on- trust-using-portuguese-case/docview/2260395817/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/ 10.15581/003.32.3.17-32, debates the effect of false news on news stations and media. People feel as if they can no longer trust their news stations of choice because they question who they can trust. This lowers the populations confidence in the information they are exposed to daily. It also makes them question the people behind the production and their intentions towards the pub-

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