VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis on Tuesday warned young people to resist the lure of “false” versions of life presented on social media or reality TV shows. READ: Pope urges the faithful to help youth find purposeADVERTISEMENT“Many people say that young people are distracted and superficial. “Don’t let yourselves be led astray by this false image of reality! Be the protagonists of your history; decide your own future.”The tone of Francis’s comments partly reiterated a speech at last year’s World Youth Day in which he told teens not to let themselves become “couch potatoes”. READ: Pope exhorts young to try social politics, activismBut this time he implicitly addressed many aspects of social media culture that have caused concern to psychologists, from the photo-shopping of images to selective editing of events recorded online to project images of happiness and success that may not correspond to reality.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 22, 2017 00:22 UTC