Mental Health Statistics
General Statistics
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What are three emotions caused by social media overuse?

Answers may vary, example: increased risk of depression, anxiety, and loneliness

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What percent of college students use their phones in class?

97%

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What is one way to reduce time online?

Answers may vary, example: Turning off notifications

200

What company was made a year after Myspace?

Facebook

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Privacy

Basically every website

300

What does FOMO stand for?

Fear Of Missing Out

300

What did Daniel Hovermann say?

If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product.

300

What is one way to change your focus?

Answers may vary, example: Thinking about your motivation to go on social media when you go on it

300

What year was Tiktok made in?

2017

300

Misinformation

Answers may vary, example: COVID-19 vaccine causes autism
400

What does FOMO impact?

Self esteem, anxiety, fuels more social media use

400

What are the four things I talked about?

Misinformation, Deplatforming, Extremist groups, and Privacy

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What is one way to spend more time with offline friends?

Answers may vary, example: joining a club
400

Who made Instagram?

Kevin Systrom

400

Deplatforming

Answers may vary, example: Donald Trump removed from Twitter

500

What is the cycle of social media

Boredom, Increase, Mood, More (I’m not going to type it all out)

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What percent of college students used social media in class?

70%

500

What should you do if you don’t have anyone to talk to?

Build a relationship with acquaintances

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What year was the first social media platform made in and what is it called?

1973, Talkomatic

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Extremist groups

Answers may vary, example: ISIS