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Data is tricky. Many things happened the last decades to account for such things. It's hard to solely blame it on phones with cameras and Instagram. Although
by jiggywiggy 4y ago
Data is tricky.
Many things happened the last decades to account for such things.
It's hard to solely blame it on phones with cameras and Instagram. Although it's clear the huge impact it has. We already had social media like msn and pre fb like sites before 2010 that could have had similar effects. Of course fb funded research shows a net positive. And most teenagers already switched to more messy platforms like Snapchat a long time ago.
Anxiety is also higher in boys which have less visual pressure.
Things like older parent and excessive nurturing and overbearing parents also seem to play a big part. As well as the rise of victim culture, which also might have to do with social media.
- starkd 4y agoAlso, boys are not less affected by this than girls. They are just affected in different ways. They are more likely to act out in anti-social ways.
- jiggywiggy 4y agoThey are less affected by Instagram perfect images and social pressure like girls are. That's why I think it's more then just that.
- lostmsu 4y ago> They are more likely to act out in anti-social ways. Sounds like a healthy reaction to a society, that puts its media presence ahead of actual wellbeing.