Social Networking

Physical and Mental Health Issues

• Misconception of reality
• Self-esteem issues
• Depression
• Suicide

Misconception of reality

• The deterioration of realistic and logical concepts place a burden on an individual through life illusions and/or realm of fantasizing
• Psychopathological issue called a Fear of Missing Out
• “a user’s feelings of FoMO which boosts his/her disclosed exposure to online defenselessness”

Self esteem

• The “typical” individual with a high tendency to engage in social comparison is characterized by certain features, such as an increased sensitivity to the behaviour of others and a degree of uncertainty about the self, along with a great need to reduce this uncertainty and improve her/his self- worth"
• Women are more likely to compare their physical attraction to other women which is a result of social conparison

Depression

• “In 2017, an estimated 11 million U.S. adults aged 18 or older had at least one major depressive episode with severe impairment. This number represented 4.5% of all U.S. adults”
• Depression is infectious if directly exposed to social media and through personal relations.

Suicide

• Suicide is an important public health problem, and the age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States has steadily increased 24% from 10.5 suicides to 13 suicides per 100,000 from 1999 to 2014, respectively
• “Between 10% and 40% of adolescents experience cyberbullying and studies suggest that a positive association exists between cyberbullying, deliberate self-harm, and suicidal behavior among victims of such bullying”

Current Action

• The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• The National Institute of Mental Health
• The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• #BeThe1To movement helps spread the word about suicide prevention

Opposition

• Social life
• Not subject to face to face interactions
• People who lack social skills

Proposal

• An organization to help Take Action
• Alliance with Social Media Sites (SMS) to put restrictions on their platfroms
• Lessening the time spent on platforms to decrease the mental and physical affects of Social Media

Kinds of Action We Will Be Taking

• Participition
• Advocacy
• Lifestyle choices

Participation

• getting involved with projects to help others that are going though the affects of Social Media

Advocacy

• Spreading ideas to raise awareness of issues. Driving change.
• Public spreakers with personal experiences

Lifestyle Choices

• Changing your own behaviors and lifestyle

Opposition of Proposal

• We would have a hard time getting the word around when starting up
• How would people find out of this issue
• People may not think this is an tissue and/or don't feel the need to change it

Conclusion

• Has become the norm or usual behavior of social network use
• If we don't do something drastic, rates of depression and suicide will increase

Conclusion

• Has become the norm or usual behavior of social network use
• If we don't do something drastic, rates of depression and suicide will increase