Platforms
This platform has an icon with a camera and a sunset gradient.
What is Instagram?
This common fear, abbreviated as FOMO, drives people to stay constantly connected.
What is the fear of missing out?
This emotion arises when someone is having withdrawal from social media.
What is anxiety?
This effect occurs when people go online and believe false information that is fabricated or incomplete.
What is misinformation?
Setting this type of limit can help to decrease social media usage.
What is a screen time limit?
This platform is used to share short messages called tweets.
What is Twitter?
Notifications trigger the release this kind of "reward chemical" in the brain.
What is dopamine?
This type of use is characterized by spending large amounts of time (5+ hours) on social media.
What is excessive use?
The positive effect allows people from different parts of the world to feel connected and accepted while using social media.
What is connectivity?
This type of reinforcement involves deleting social media to prevent overuse.
What is negative reinforcement?
This platform allows users to share photos and videos that disappear after being viewed.
What is Snapchat?
Many users crave this type of validation through likes, comments, and shares.
What is online validation?
This type of use includes constantly checking for updates and notifications from social media.
What is compulsive use?
Due to short form content, this attentional aspect decreases.
What is attention span?
This type of engagement involves interacting with members from organized groups to share personal experiences.
What is community engagement?
This platform has an algorithm that curates a "For You" page.
What is TikTok?
This social pressure involves friends influencing someone's online habits.
What is peer pressure?
This mood disorder is linked to higher social media usage and is characterized by feelings of persistent sadness and loss of interest.
What is depression or major depressive disorder?
Social media is used as this type of outlet for activities like art, music, writing, crafting, etc.
What is a creative outlet?
This treatment method involves seeing a mental health professional to share how social media affects you and discuss potential solutions.
What is therapy?
This platform has voice, video, and text chats that were originally made for gamers to talk while playing.
What is Discord?
This form of online harassment involves sending hurtful texts, comments, DMs etc. to or about the person involved.
What is cyberbullying?
These two types of neglect leads to impaired social connections and failure to attend to the obligations in one's daily life.
What is neglecting relationships and responsibilities?
This effect is the tendency to evaluate our own abilities, opinions, status, and worth by comparing ourselves to others.
What is social comparison?
Utilizing this practice which includes breathing exercises, could help to reduce the negative mental health effects of social media addiction.
What is mindfulness practices?