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> The evidence that social media is bad for kids especially girls is overwhelming. Not so! It's bad for some kids but incredibly positive for others. > The a
by nl 2y ago
> The evidence that social media is bad for kids especially girls is overwhelming.
Not so! It's bad for some kids but incredibly positive for others.
> The ability to form and maintain friendships online and develop social connections are among the positive effects of social media use for youth... Seven out of ten adolescent girls of color report encountering positive or identity-affirming content related to race across social media platforms... A majority of adolescents report that social media helps them feel more accepted (58%), like they have people who can support them through tough times (67%), like they have a place to show their creative side (71%), and more connected to what’s going on in their friends’ lives (80%).
"Social Media Has Both Positive and Negative Impacts on Children and Adolescents" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK594763/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK594763/
> When asked about the overall impact of social media on them personally, more teens say its effect has been mostly positive (32%) than say it has been mostly negative (9%). The largest share describes its impact in neutral terms: 59% believe social media has had neither a positive nor a negative effect on them.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/11/16/connection-creativity-and-drama-teen-life-on-social-media-in-2022/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2022/11/16/connection-c...
- Cupertino95014 2y ago[flagged]
- nl 2y agoThis is such an odd take! The NCBI link is an article put out by the The U.S. Surgeon General (that same one who warns about the tobacco industry you mention)! It's a well balanced take that shows both sides. It's true that coverage of this issue is overwhelmingly about the risks. But the evidence itself is much more nuanced.
- Cupertino95014 2y ago[flagged]
- pfdietz 2y agoSo, find another study. The score so far is They: 1, You: 0.
- Cupertino95014 2y agowrong. It's common knowledge that social networks are harmful to teens. You're the one with work to do. I don't have to match a pro-tobacco post with a billion medical studies. When you contradict established fact, you're the person who has to prove it.
- pfdietz 2y agoI didn't think you had any evidence. All sorts of common knowledge has been utter BS. This sort of moral panic stuff is a class of canonical examples.
- Cupertino95014 2y agoWhy don't you read up on the responses to your "study", and tell us what they said? You don't get to make other people do research for you, so I'm not going to do that.
- pfdietz 2y agoSorry, you're responsible for providing the evidence for your own assertions. Making a claim and then insisting those questioning it find the evidence is a classic crank behavior.
- Cupertino95014 2y agoSorry, pfdietz, but I'm not responsible for proving to you that the Holocaust happened, Sirhan Sirhan killed RFK, tobacco is harmful, or diabetes is related to the pancreas. Or that social media is harmful to children. And "classic crank behavior" describes you.