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> The modern youth mental health "crisis" is fundamentally caused by a willingness to believe that an instagram avitar is "real life". I'm not familiar with th
by hn_version_0023 3y ago
> The modern youth mental health "crisis" is fundamentally caused by a willingness to believe that an instagram avitar is "real life".
I'm not familiar with this argument, as I've never heard it. Could you provide some examples or a study or similar showing this is widespread?
- yowlingcat 3y agoI think GP is referencing the substitution effect in media [1], albeit incompletely; it's hard to discuss the ways in which social media may be "purchased" with attention in substitution to real life interaction without having a broader conversation about conventional media. I also think it's not so easy to discuss what a true control is -- how often are people aware of the fact they are consuming a fantasy, and at what point does the line between reality and fantasy blur? Are we really so sure that the youth cannot distinguish between someone's online persona and real life persona and which parts are scripted? [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B978044463685000019X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B97804...