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| Published: March 25, 2016
Overuse of Social Media Affects the Mental Health of Adolescents and Early Youth
Health Education Officer, Central Health education Bureau(CHEB), New Delhi, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.135/20160302
DOI: 10.25215/0302.135
ABSTRACT
Social media besides being educative role, it increases connections and communications. If used properly, it also builds bridges over barriers and strengthens relationships. It encourages community participation and boosts ones confidence. Blogging can be therapeutic for who are confused, down, or need to vent frustrations. It unleashes one’s own potential and helps to find an identity for his/her talent. Negative correlates of social media include, behavioural addiction, the decrease in real life social community participation and academic achievement, as well as relationship problems. Stalking and cyber bullying, identity theft, victimization to rumours, missing out attitude, aggressive and callous behavior and host of other mental and social abnormalities are also the result of excessive use of social media. Due to face book, mobile and tv, we are forgetting our basic values and culture, which leads to families breaking up. The good and bad affects of social media in the Indian context have been outlined in this article with the help of literatures, opinion of the exerts, news bits and content from blogs etc.
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© 2016 I P Sampathirao
Received: January 29, 2016; Revision Received: February 29, 2016; Accepted: March 25, 2016
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.135/20160302
10.25215/0302.135
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Published in Volume 03, Issue 2, January-March, 2016