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2. Social media - Wikipedia

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   The PLATO system was launched in 1960 at the University of Illinois and subsequently commercially marketed by Control Data Corporation.It offered early forms of social media features with innovations such as Notes, PLATO's message-forum application; TERM-talk, its instant-messaging feature; Talkomatic, perhaps the first online chat room; News Report, a crowdsourced online newspaper, and blog ...

3. How Social Media Is Taking Away from Your Friendships

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   According to data from GlobalWebIndex, people were spending an average of more than 2 hours a day on social media and messaging in 2017. This is half an hour more than in 2012 and likely to ...

4. Social Media and Body Image: Negative and Positive Effects

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   One survey looked at the effects of social media on sexual minority men. It found that there was a link between social media use and signs of negative body image — including body dissatisfaction ...

5. Social Media Increases Depression and Loneliness - Healthline

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   A new study concludes that there is in fact a causal link between the use of social media and negative effects on well-being, primarily depression and loneliness. The study was published in the ...

6. Digital media use and mental health - Wikipedia

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   The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of text messaging.

7. What is a Digital Detox? - WebMD

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   Staring at your phone right before bed keeps your brain alert and active and delays that melatonin release. Lack of sleep over a long period of time can affect your mood and health. A digital ...

8. Problematic social media use - Wikipedia

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   Experts from many different fields have conducted research and held debates about how using social media affects mental health.Research suggests that mental health issues arising from social media use affect women more than men and vary according to the particular social media platform used, although it does affect every age and gender demographic in different ways.

9. Social Media and Mental Health: What's the Connection?

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   Various research studies suggest a connection between social media and symptoms of anxiety and depression. A 2016 study using survey data from 1,787 U.S. adults between the ages of 19 and 32 found ...