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SOCIAL LIFESOCIAL MEDIA, 2018Teens Reveal Their Experiencescommonsense/social-media-social-life-2018ii SOCiAL MEDiA, SOCiAL LiFE: TEENS REVEAL THEiR EXPERiENCES, 2018Common Sense is the leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology. We empower parents, teachers, and policymakers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids livesmonsenseFriends,What goes on in the minds of teenagers when they engage with social media, seemingly lost in their screens? Its a question we as parents often ponder as we fret about the effects of social media on our childrens well-being.To find the answer, nullommon nullnse went straight to the source and surnulleyed a nationally representatinulle sample of nullnullnullteens in the nullited nullates, age null to null. What they told us is eye-opening and nullastly more nuanced than we enullected. Im especially enullcited to share the results of our nullnull Social Media, Social Life surnulley with you. nullonsidered alongside the findings from our nullnull surnulley of the same name, they offer a rare glimpse into our teens worlds. Fair warningnullnullny of the insights are linullely to challenge some parents notions of whether social media is nullgoodnullor nulladnullfor teens. nullnulle teenagers themselnulles, this research presents a complenullpicture that defies simplistic nulldgments. For enullample, on the one hand, teens feel social media strengthens their relationships with friends and family, pronulldes them with an important anullenue for self-enullression, and manulles them feel less lonely and more connected. nullt the same time, teens acnullowledge that social media can detract from face-to-face communication and manulle them feel left out or nulless thannulltheir peers. In general, howenuller, teens are more linullely to say that social media has a positinulle effect on how they feel.That dichotomy is amplified when it comes to more nulllnerable teens who score lower on a measure of social-emotional well-being. These teens are much more linullely to report feeling bad about themselnulles when no one comments on their posts or feeling left out after seeing photos on social media of their friends together at something they werent innullted to. Teens are often depicted as being heedless of the consequences of spending so much time on their smartphones. In reality, our surnulley renulleals that teens are fully aware of the power of denullces to distract them from nulley priorities, such as homewornull sleep, and time with friends and family. null ertheless, teens are spending far more time on social media than enuller before. The percentage of teens who engage with social media multiple times a day has gone from null percent in nullnull to nullnullpercent in nullnull. nulld whereas Faceboonullonce played a commanding role, with null percent of teens in nullnull turning to the platform as their main social media outlet, todays teens hanulle monulled on to newer platforms, especially nullapchat and Instagram.With the enuller-shifting social media landscape, our research has nenuller been more critical. null new platforms emerge, our renullewers at nullommon nullnse nulldia and nullommon nullnse nullducation help nulleep parents and educators informed of the strengths and shortcomings of the latest crop of social media tools, ginullng us important information to guide our children toward the best possible enullerience, as well as an understanding of what to watch out for. The insights contained in this report also fuel our adnullocacy efforts to miniminulle the harmful aspects of social media while promoting its potential to support our children and their connection to their communities. This is why the nullommon nullnse nullesearch program enullstsnullto inform and enrich connullersations we hanulle about nullds use of media and its effects on their social and emotional well-being. Though the insights presented here hanullent been condensed into a nullnullcharacter summary or a null-second nulldeo, I promise they will be well worth your time.nullames null. nullteyer, founder and CEOA LETTER FROM OUR FOUNDERcommon sense is grateful for the generous support and underwriting that funded this research report:Jennifer Caldwell and John H.N. Fisher Eva and Bill PriceCarnegie Corporation of New York Craig Newmark PhilanthropiesAs someone who writes and talks abonull the importance of hnullan connectionnull what do nullonullthink of the reportnulls nullding that teens todanullprefer tenulling over talkingnullnull wornullis around humans nullhumans thrinullng, humans connecting. nulld I worry so much about the reports findings of the lacnullof person-to-person contact. nullt in my wornullnulland in my enullerience nullI find that the need for human connection always wins out. nullybe nullds are nullst tanullng the easy way out due to shyness, fear, or social awnullwardness. We nullst need to manulle sure that we nullas parents, educators, and others who can impact nullds linulles nullencourage those important face-to-face connullersations. nullhere has been an nulltick in teensnullenullosnulle to hate content since the last Social Media, Social Life research was released in nullnull. How do nullonullthink that affects kidsnullI thinnullwhen you see hate content onuller and onuller, you become anesthetinulled to it. It becomes a part of the nullew normnullinstead of the feeling you ought to hanulle nullwhich is outrage and disgust. null I worry about todays teens ability to empathinulle. I thinnullthat means that as parents we need to be aware of and really talnullto our nullds and help them process what they are reading and seeing on social media. Yonullhave said that as a child nullonullstrnullgled with low selfnullsteem as a resnullt of racism. nullhe report fonulld that social media planulls a heightened role nullpositive and negative nullin the lives of teens alreadnullstrnullgling with socialnullmotional wellnulleing. nullat advice wonulld nullonull teen self give to themnullI began to heal as a blacnullwoman and lonulle myself finally when I was able to be in a community with other folnullwho had enullerienced what I was enulleriencing. null to the enullent you can use social media to connect with people struggling with the same issues as you, social media can be an incredibly powerful support networnull I would urge my teen self to find others online she could can relate to nullwhether its racism, academic pressure, being bullied, senullsm, or whatenuller. As nullonullre an anullhor and former nullanford nulliversitnulldeannullmannullpeople seek nullonull conullsel abonull how to pnull onenulls best self forward. How can teens do this on social medianullnullcial media is a new method of connecting and communicating with humans. Thinnullabout what nullnd of character you want to cultinullate on social media. nulle you a nullnd and generous person? null you help people? nullhanulle on social media the way youd behanulle with your grandma at the dining table. nullsier said than done, belienulle me, I nullownullYonullsaid nulling social media reminds nullonullof a nullote bnullthe famonull spiritnulll leader nullm nullassnullwho saidnullnullenullre all nullst walking each other home.nullnulles, because I thinnullsocial media is a wonderful way to demonstrate that you care, that you tanulle an interest in someone. This is where the positinulle side of social media really comes in. nullou can see the healing power as we start to radiate nullndness and goodness and gratitude through our tweets and posts. null I thinnulltheres tremendous power in this thing nulland its our nullb as grown-ups to teach our nullds how to be responsible citinullens in this new realm.JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS SAYS SOCIAL MEDIA HAS THE POWER TO CONNECT AND HEALnullulie nullythcott-nullaims nullew nullornullTimes best-selling author, educator, and Common Sense board memberSOCiAL MEDiA, SOCiAL LiFE: TEENS REVEAL THEiR EXPERiENCES, 2018COMMON SENSE MEDiA iNC. 2018. ALL RiGHTS RESERVED.When I was null years old, I was the nullctim of a nullcious cyberbullying attacnull That nulllloween, a girl whom I had nenuller met dressed up as me for nulllloween and posted a picture on Faceboonullthat went nullral. nullddenly, I receinulled hundreds, and then thousands, of cyberbullying messages. null classmates and enullen people I had nenuller met told me to nullll myself and that my life was worth nothing.I was denullastated. I felt linulle the entire world was against me. I didnt nullow where to find hope.In an effort to heal, I wrote a boonullabout my enulleriences titled The Survival Guide to Bullying. null boonullwas published in null countries around the world and became a best-seller. I went on tour and sponulle to students, teachers, and parents around the country and learned more than I could enuller hanulle imagined about social media and the way young people use it.nullery quicnully, I went from demoninullng social media to realinullng the power and possibility it inhabits. nullre is the truthnullnullcial media is social currency for young people. It is a portal to potential and possibilities, enullen for people who feel hopeless, uninspired, scared, and alone.When I was younger, I was enmeshed in the negatinullty social media can create, but today I witness tremendous positinulles. nullny of my fans and followers hanulle gone on to write boonulls and create music, nullouTube channels, and social nullstice monullements purely from the power and possibility of social media and technology. This brings me great hope.null this report from nullommon nullnse shows, lots of negatinulle things can happen on social media. nullyberbullying is still nullery real and deeply traumatic. I see the greatest opportunity for change to occur being when nullds are nullery young nullperhaps in the first and second grades nullwhen behanulloral patterns can be affected. It is crucial for parents and teachers to hanulle connullersations about digital citinullenship with children as soon as they start school.Today, when I speanullto parents and educators, I urge them to recogninulle that social media is not going anywhere, and stopping your child from using social media is not the answer. null parents did not allow me to use social media in middle school, so I made secret accounts. nullnullce again, social media is social currency for young people.nullnullarents and educators hanulle the space and opportunity to hanulle connullersations with nullds about social media, their behanullor on it, and the pros and cons of a digital footprint. Instead of being dinullded by technology, be on their side and show them you care, and they will reward you by being honest with you.SOCIAL MEDIA: START CONVERSATIONS WHEN KIDS ARE YOUNGnullinulla nullayrocnull Author, The nullurnullinullal nulluide to nullullyingnullWritten by a TeencommonsensenullsocialnulledianullocialnullifenullnullnullSOCiAL MEDiA, SOCiAL LiFE: TEENS REVEAL THEiR EXPERiENCES, 2018nulls social media bad or good for nullds mental health?nullThis is one of the most common questions that parents and educators asnullthe child psychologists and psychiatrists at the nullild nullnd Institute. The honest answers are nullothnulland nullt depends on the child.nullThose answers are bacnulled up by research, including the nullommon nullnse nulldia surnulleys that inform this report and the academic literature described in the nullild nullnd Institutes nullnull Childrennulls Mental nullalth nullenullrt on annullety in childhood and adolescence. While most youth see social media as neutral, significant minorities belienulle that apps linulle Faceboonulland Instagram hanulle either positinulle or negatinulle effects.nullWhen we loonullat how social media behanullors correlate to mental health symptoms, we see that more time spent using social media is tied to an increase in mental health symptoms.nullnullghth-graders who spend null or more hours a weenullon social media are null percent more linullely to report being unhappy than those who spend less time.nullWe also see that higher emotional innullestment in social media is strongly correlated with higher lenullels of annullety.nullIt remains unclear whether social media is causing negatinulle outcomes or whether children with mental health issues are turning to social media to soothe their symptoms.It is troubling that youth at the highest risnullare the ones who care the most about social networnullng and online communities. These are the children who can be the most negatinullely affected by cyberbullying and who can become distraught onuller the enullectations built into curating their online selnulles. nullt they are also the nullds who benefit from finding communities to embrace them, from being able to interact freely and practice social snulllls in a safe space online. It is fitting that the nullommon nullnse nulldia surnulley finds large effects of social media on social-emotional well-being in manullng teens feel less lonely and more confident nulland that these effects are greatest in the at-risnullyouth for whom social media is nullery important. This is our enullerience as mental health professionals, when children and adolescents are allowed to hanulle denullelopmentally appropriate, time-limited access to positinulle social media and online content.nullildren and teens seem nullery grown-up these days, competent with technology and image manullng. nullt they are still our children. They do not hanulle a nullightnullto manulle themselnulles annullous or depressed through onullerenullosure to social media and the tonullc messages it can bring. If we do our nullb as parents and educators, we can steer at-risnullchildren toward beneficial online enulleriences and help them reap the rewards of this new way of communicating.SOCIAL MEDIA AND MENTAL HEALTH: RISKS AND REWARDS1Andersnulln, M., nullnullnullnullnnull, null. null2018null. Teens, social media & technology . Renullrnullenulled nullrnullnullPenullResenullrnullnullCennuller nullenullsnullnulle: nullnullnullnull:nullnullnullssenulls.nullenullresenullrnullnull.nullrnullnullnullnullnullnullnnullennullnullnullnullnullnullnulldsnullsnullnullesnull1null2018null0nullnullnull1102null1nullnullPi null2018.0null.null1nullTeensTenullnullnullFiNAL.nulldnull2Vnullnnnullnullnullnull, A., Fnullnullnnernull, null. M., nullOnullnullnnessnullnulln, C. M. null201nullnull. Snullnullnullnullnullnullednullnull nullse nullnd nullnnullnullenullnullnulln enullernullnullnnull nulldnullnullnulls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 207 , 1nullnullnull1nullnull. Renullrnullenulled nullrnullnull nullnullnullnulls:nullnulldnullnull.nullrnullnull10.101nullnullnull.nullnulld.201null.08.0nu
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