Social media is depriving today’s teens of human connection, forcing them to compete with unrealistic, curated lives, and ultimately making them depressed, lonely, and unhappy. They focused solely on the correlation between social media use and how teens felt, without knowing which factor causes the other. The study found that, to a small degree, increased social media use led to teens reporting lower satisfaction with their lives. That same level of nuance needs to be brought to the conversation on social media, she said. "Social media is a really easy way to explain decreases in adolescent well-being," Orben said.

Source: thestar May 15, 2019 02:26 UTC