A Study of Health and Technology Use: Impact of Digital Media on Mental Health

Abstract

In the era of digitalization, digital technologies and machines surpass and change daily activities. Digitalization significantly influenced daily practice, skills, and passion, significantly to the sleep cycle and work culture. It cuts human work and lowers errors. Digital media enables social interaction in a virtual world which is user-friendly, money-saving, energy efficient, and easily accessible. Likewise, social media usage has increased for communicating, learning, collaborating, and engaging in entertainment and shopping activities. Overuse of social media is associated with low work performance and other physical and mental issues such as less healthy social relationships, sleep problems, low life satisfaction, feelings of jealousy, anxiety, and depression. This study focuses on the impact on people's health due to the unrestricted use of technology. The study analyses people's physical and mental problems in association with technology.