The Research on the Social Media Addiction and Mental Disorders

Abstract

Along with the rapid development of media technology, social media has become an indispensable part of human life. Social media enables the spread of information that exceeds the restriction of physical and temporal boundaries. While enhancing the convenience and connectedness of human beings, social media, to some extent, grievously affects people’s internal well-being. The widespread use of media platforms leads to social media addiction, especially among the young generation.This article takes teenagers as the research object, and uses the literature reading method to explore the causes and consequences of social media addiction. According to the research results, the reason about social media additions includes biological reasons, psychological reasons and social reasons. Consequences of social media addition among young generations include the shape of toxic beauty standards, body shaming, beauty and eating disorders. Social media has created a platform where people share only the positive part of themselves; peer pressure has formed under these circumstances. Adolescents are predominantly the victims of mainstream beauty standards. Body shaming and eating disorders are the representative psychological impacts due to the dissatisfaction with one's physical characteristics and the desire to be more "beautiful".