The Negative Impact of Social Media on Adolescents

Abstract

Adolescents' lives are more colorful and splendid than ever thanks to the pervasive commercialization of mass media, which fosters interpersonal connections and expands entertainment options. However, adolescents' moral construction is negatively impacted by their heavy use of social media, which has a double negative effect on their physical and psychological health (depression, anxiety, jealousy, comparison). Consequentially, mass media culture grows more and more unfavorable as a result of long-term exposure to negative impacts. This paper will then go on to examine, from a more in-depth perspective and with a more subjective orientation toward media commercialization, the negative effects and consequences of passive social media use on the bodies and minds of adolescents using various social media platforms (such as Instagram and Tiktok).