A LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTH.

Author – Shreya Upadhyay

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Alismaiel, O. A. (2023), states that students,colleagues, and other members of society are increasingly using digital media. Students utilize digital media for a variety of reasons, including communication, gaming, making new friends, and simply being curious. However, there are some disadvantages to using digital media. Cyberbullying, cyberharassment, and cyberstalking are examples of useful digital media activities that can have a negative impact on digital media users and lead to societal issues. Surprisingly, limited studies have investigated cyberbullying in depth, utilizing a broad and varied sample of Middle Eastern institutions. As a result, the purpose of this study is to fill a research vacuum by questioning students’ use of digital media for cyber involvement. This research aims to create a model for assessing the ethical consequences of behaviours that directly impact students’ psychological health because of their use of digital media. The goodness-of-fit index indicates that the model is well-fit. Through the established model, decision-makers and school administration would be able to implement measures that would effectively reduce cyber harassment among students and improve the digital media usage experience.

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Alismaiel, O. A. (2023). Digital media used in education: The influence on cyberbullying behaviours among youth students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2), 1370. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021370

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Papageorgiou, et al (2023),States that this research explored adults’ perceptions of how sexualized images typically found on social media might influence adolescent girls’ mental health, what support girls might need should they experience mental health difficulties, and how such difficulties could be prevented or reduced. Qualitative data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews with parents of adolescent girls (n = 11) and those who provide support to them: school support service staff (n = 7) and youth mental health service providers (n = 10) located in Perth, Western Australia. All three participant groups perceived sexualized images typically found on social media as exacerbating poor mental health among adolescent girls. Two interrelated themes emerged with participants describing the ‘potential for comparison’ and ‘pressure to conform’ they believed girls encounter on social media that influences their mental health. Participants also explained how they perceived ‘counteracting negative influences’ related to sexualized images on social media could prevent or reduce the potential for mental health harms among girls, and the importance of adults and services ‘keeping up to date’ and being ‘approachable and trustworthy’ when describing the support, they believed girls might need. The findings of this study have important implications for the development of health promotion programs focused on social media use and mental health among adolescent girls.

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Papageorgiou, et al (2023). Sexualized images on social media and adolescent girls’ mental health: Qualitative insights from parents, school support service staff and youth mental health service providers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1), 433. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010433

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Beyari, H. (2023) states that,Social media has become an indispensable aspect of young people’s digital interactions, as they use it mostly for entertainment and communication purposes. Consequently, it has the potential to have both positive and negative effects on them. Deterioration in mental health is one of the side effects stemming from social media overuse. This study investigates the relationship between social media and the increase in mental health problems in Saudi Arabia. The population considered for analysis includes young people from Saudi Arabia, with a sample size of 385. A closed-ended survey questionnaire was used to collect data on different social media features and criteria. Using the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP), the researcher analysed data to compare the effect of different social media features on mental health. The social media features included in this paper are private chats and calls, group chats and calls, browsing posts, games, media sharing, adverts, likes/comments/followers, and pages. The researcher adopted entertainment, information, social interaction, privacy, esteem, and communication as the criteria in the AHP process. Among these criteria, the study found that entertainment was the most significant, while privacy was the least significant. Findings suggested that likes, comments, and followers were the biggest contributors to poor mental health (total utility = 56.24). The least effective feature was ‘games’ (total utility = 2.56). The researcher recommends that social media users be cautious when interacting with social media features, especially likes, comments, followers, media, and posts, because of their significant effect on mental health.

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Beyari, H. (2023). The relationship between social media and the increase in mental health problems. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 2383. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032383

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Doan, et al(2022) states that, Prior research has investigated how the excessive use of social media has an impact on one’s functioning. Youths are among the most vulnerable subjects to the impacts of social media overuse, especially in Vietnam (a developing country). However, very little evidence has been provided on social media addiction. This work aims to determine the prevalence of social media addiction amongst Vietnamese individuals and the factors associated with social media addiction. Method: An online cross-sectional study was conducted from June to July 2020 in Vietnam. Participants completed the structured questionnaire, which comprised four main components: (1) social characteristics; (2) The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale; (3) stress associated with neglect and negative reactions by online peers and fear of missing out (FOMO); and (4) status of social media platform usage. Results: Some demographic factors, such as gender, the locality of accommodation, and relationship status affected the overall scores. The results also indicated Facebook, Zalo, and YouTube to be the most popular social media platforms among Vietnamese youths. Individuals who used social media for gaming also had higher BSMAS scores. FOMO and stress associated with neglect by online peers had a high correlation with social media addiction. Conclusions: This study is one of the first studies to examine social media addiction and its associated factors in Vietnam. Interventions for social media addiction need to be developed in different fields: clinical research, policy, and education.

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Doan, et al(2022). Social media addiction among Vietnam youths: Patterns and correlated factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(21), 14416. Doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114416

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Guinovart, et al (2023).states that,

Fictionalized suicides have shown potential for suicide contagion.

‘Thirteen reasons why’, released in 2017, has been reported to increase suicidality.

Positive and negative outcomes regarding suicide have been associated with the show.

Individual factors define vulnerable viewers that should be warned of the risk.

Online streaming series ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ (13RW), released in March 2017, was criticized for its sensationalist portrayal of the main character’s suicide, leading some people to voice fears of a global contagion of self-harm behaviour. The current investigation provides a systematic review of original studies analysing the role of 13RW as an influencing factor for suicide. Articles were identified through a systematic search of Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, and a manual search of reference lists from inception until 16 January 2023. Twenty-seven published articles were identified from an initial search of 496 studies. The positive effects of watching 13RW included a reduction in suicide stigma and a greater likelihood of discussing mental health concerns and seeking help. However, several studies reported negative outcomes, including significant increases in the rate of deaths by suicide in adolescents, the number of admissions for suicidal reasons, and the prevalence and severity of suicidal ideation and self-harm behaviours in vulnerable viewers. Still, due to methodological limitations, no causal relationship could be established. Preventive measures are required to alert of the risk and should be particularly addressed to susceptible subjects. Psychoeducational programs should be focused on this kind of phenomenon in vulnerable populations.

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Guinovart, et al (2023). Towards the influence of media on suicidality: A systematic review of Netflix’s ‘Thirteen reasons why’. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(7), 5270. Doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075270

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Abdullah, et al (2022) states that,Youth today are inclined to use social media as a means of transmitting knowledge through a variety of social networks and media. The use of social media can indirectly engender a positive effect by promoting desirable changes in morals and culture among users. Nevertheless, social media can also be misused, leading to negative outcomes affecting youth and the general community. This study was undertaken to determine the effect of social media usage on the lifestyles of youth. A quantitative approach was employed, with data collected from 82 students of the University Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia France Institute (UniKL-MFI), Bangi, Malaysia. The participants ranged in age from 19 to 35. The questionnaire survey focused on the impact of social media on youths who utilized this facility on a daily basis. Hence, the effects resulting from social media usage have been shown to influence the lifestyles of youths in terms of their activities, interests and opinions. The study results showed that the lifestyles of youths were impacted in different ways and to varying degrees. At the top of the list was the influence of foreign cultures and trending topics, followed by the adoption of virtual social interaction, freedom of expression, acquisition of contacts unknown to them, health issues, privacy and security issues, and the preference for electronic gadget-based games over outdoor activities.

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Abdullah, et al (2022). EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USAGE ON THE LIFESTYLES OF YOUTH. E-bangi, 19(4), 60-69. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/effect-social-media-usage-on-lifestyles-youth/docview/2687826883/se-2

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Al-Husain, R. (2022) states that,This research aims to study the impact of social media on students’ academic achievements and its relationship to students’ economic and social characteristics to develop some guiding policies and achieve proper use. The study sample is selected from students in the College of Business Administration at Kuwait University, and the social media investigated include Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and Twitter. In particular, the impact of students’ academic achievements, in terms of their grade point average (GPA), and their family academic qualifications and monthly income, on the quality of use of social media is investigated. Moreover, the study investigates students’ purpose in using social media, its advantages and disadvantages, and the extent to which students use it to discover new knowledge or entertainment and self-pleasure.

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Al-Husain, R. (2022). STATISTICAL ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOME ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS. Journal of Management Information and Decision Sciences, Suppl.Special Issue 1, 25, 1-26. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/statistical-analytical-study-impact-social-media/docview/2604070623/se-2

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Yazid, et al (2022) states that, This research focuses on the impact of social media on consumer decision making, on how different social media aspects can affect consumers’ way of thinking and decision making. The evolution of social media plays an important role in the overall decision-making process of the consumer as it has revolutionized the way people think, feel about, and consume things. Social media interaction is the most important method of shaping the decisions of people and knowing what they feel and want from the business. Social media channels involve the content creation by the audience apart from that generated by the publishing houses or the media companies and even the social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. This research explored how social media interactions play a significant role in consumer decision-making with a scope of Saudi Arabia users. With a total population of 35.08mil (GMI,2022), 27.08 million, or 79.25% are active social media users, either for personal or commercial usage through its’ posting on their favourite types of content. Businesses can use this research paper to learn how the population of Saudi Arabia interacts on social media and how businesses can create strategies that appeal to customers’ habits. A quantitative approach research questionnaire is developed to explore the relationship between social media interaction and consumer decision-making by using different dimensions of social media interactions. The purpose of this preliminary study is to determine the reliability and validity of the instrument used and feasible for full-scale analysis of the studied phenomenon. PLS-SEM is employed in this preliminary study with seventy-five respondents from a few regions has been selected to respond to the questionnaires through a simple random sampling method. The result of PLS-SEM analysis on the measurement model showed a robust analysis of internal reliability and validity. Assessment of items and constructs included in the study exhibits a good internal consistency and validity, thus, reflecting an acceptable research model that is feasible and ready for a full-scale analysis.

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Yazid, et al (2022). The impact of social media interactions on consumer decision-making in Saudi Arabia. Global Business and Management Research, Suppl. Special Issue, 14(4), 307-316. Retrieved from https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/impact-social-media-interactions-on-consumer/docview/2826427523/se-2

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Islam Habis, et al (2023) states that, This study aims to explore the moderating effect of trust on the relationship between social media engagement, relationship benefits, and social relationships, utilizing an innovative framework grounded in social exchange theory. Employing a quantitative analysis with structural equation modelling (SEM), using a questionnaire distributed to a sample of 493 Jordanian youth, the results unveil a positive correlation between social media engagement and social relationships, with trust emerging as a crucial moderator in this dynamic. Trust positively moderates the connection between social media engagement and social relationships. This research sheds light on the pivotal role of trust in shaping social relationships on social media platforms. However, the interaction between trust and relationship benefits does not significantly impact social relationships. By expanding on existing knowledge, this study offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between trust, social media engagement, relationship benefits, and social relationships, emphasizing the potential of understanding trust to foster stronger social connections in the digital age. The results suggest that the positive influence of social media engagement on social relationships possibly will be determined by the level of trust present inside online communities.

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Islam Habis, et al (2023). Trust in social media: Enhancing social relationships. Social Sciences, 12(7), 416. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12070416

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Daniel Javier de la, et al. (2023) states that,The relationship between trust and media consumption has been a subject continually studied in communication sciences. There are various studies that indicate that the greater the confidence in a certain medium, the greater the consumption. However, due to the consolidation of digital media and specifically social networks as the main sources of information among the young, the question of whether trust in these media affects their consumption arises again. To examine this relationship, a study was carried out with a mixed methodology. On the one hand, a survey was carried out in which young Mexican university students were asked about the media that they trusted the most and those that they used the most. On the other hand, interviews were conducted with university professors regarding their observations of the behaviour of students in relation to usage and trust in these media. In general, the results allow us to conclude that trust in the media is not a variable that impacts the consultation of a specific media outlet given that, despite mistrust, there may be a high rate of usage.

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Daniel Javier de la,et al. (2023). Relationship between the use of social networks and mistrust of mass media among Mexican youth: A mixed-methods and NLP study. Social Sciences, 12(3), 179. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12030179

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In conclusion, these abstracts collectively emphasize the importance of understanding the profound influence of digital and social media on individuals and communities. Here are some key takeaways and overarching conclusions from these research abstracts:

Cyberbullying and Mental Health: Several studies delve into the negative consequences of digital media, such as cyberbullying, and cyberharassment, and their adverse effects on mental health. They stress the need for further research and interventions to mitigate these issues, particularly among Middle Eastern youth and adolescent girls.

Positive and Negative Effects of social media: The research highlights that social media has both positive and negative impacts on users. While it can reduce stigma surrounding sensitive topics like mental health, it can also contribute to mental health issues. This emphasizes the complex nature of social media and the necessity for comprehensive studies to understand its multifaceted effects.

Social Media Addiction: The prevalence of social media addiction, especially among young people, is a growing concern in various regions, including Vietnam. This indicates that research and interventions are needed to address this emerging problem.

Influence of Media on Suicidality: The impact of media, including streaming series like “Thirteen Reasons Why,” on mental health and suicidal behaviour is an area of study. The abstract emphasizes the importance of understanding the role media plays in influencing vulnerable viewers.

Social Media and Lifestyles: The use of social media significantly influences the lifestyles of youth. It shapes their interests, activities, and opinions. This research underscores the cultural and behavioural shifts brought about by social media among young people.

Social Media and Academic Achievement: Social media usage can have implications for academic achievement. Studies, such as the one at Kuwait University, reveal the relationship between social media, students’ academic performance, and socio-economic factors.

Consumer Decision-Making and Social Media: Businesses are increasingly utilizing social media for marketing and influencing consumer decisions. Research conducted in Saudi Arabia explores the relationship between social media interactions and consumer decision-making.

Trust as a Moderator in social media: Trust plays a crucial role in shaping social relationships on social media platforms. This research underscores the importance of trust in facilitating meaningful digital connections.

Trust and Media Consumption: Trust in media is a subject of ongoing study. The abstract suggests that despite trust issues with certain media, high rates of usage may still occur, especially among young people, highlighting a potential disconnect between trust and consumption.

In summary, these research abstracts collectively underscore the multifaceted and intricate relationship between digital media, social media, and individuals’ well-being, behaviours, and decision-making. They emphasize the need for further research and the development of strategies and interventions to address the various challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age. Additionally, the abstracts demonstrate the global nature of these issues, as they are explored in diverse cultural and geographic contexts.

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Daniel Javier de la, at al (2023). Relationship between the use of social networks and mistrust of mass media among Mexican youth: A mixed-methods and NLP study. Social Sciences, 12(3), 179. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12030179

Islam Habis, et al (2023). Trust in social media: Enhancing social relationships. Social Sciences, 12(7), 416. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12070416

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