IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

Prepared by Lee Xinyi
(19044940)
DEFINITION
What is physical health?

▪ The condition of your body from the

absence of disease to fitness level.

▪ Components:
- Physical activity
- Nutrition and diet
- Medical self care
- Rest and sleep

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 DEFINITION
What is mental health?

• A state of psychological and emotional well being

• Cognitive and emotional capabilities

• How we think, feel, and act.

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 DEFINITION
What is social media?

▪ Websites and applications

▪ Share content quickly, efficiently, and in real-time.
▪ Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

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 IMPACTS ON
MENTAL HEALTH

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 CYBER BULLYING
▪ Texts messages or images on the internet
intended to hurt or embarrass another
person.

▪ Symptoms:
▪ Depression
▪ Dissociation
▪ Anger

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SELF ESTEEM
• Comparison with others on social media
▪ Physical appearance
▪ Social status
▪ Educational level
▪ Intelligence

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SOCIAL PRESSURE
• ‘Likes’ and ‘followers’ as a form of social currency

• Glamorising life with hashtags such as

#relationshipgoals, #bestfriendgoals, #makeupgoals

• Look and be the same just to fit in

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HUMAN CONNECTION
• Quality of inter-personal communication decreases

• Struggle to interact in traditional conversations and face-to-

face interactions

• Ineffective communication leads to stress and loneliness

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ATTENTION SPAN
• Constantly checking on social media
• Amount of information readily
available at our fingertips means that
people have become far more easily
distracted.
• Decrease our capacity for maintaining
concentration on a single task.
• Worsen memorizing skills

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SLEEP PROBLEMS
• Release of melatonin is
suppressed
• Quality of sleep will deteriorate
• Leads to fatigue

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 IMPACTS ON
PHYSICAL HEALTH

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POOR POSTURE
• Sitting for long period of time
• Reduces circulation of blood to your
muscles, bones, tendons and
ligaments
• Physical stress on body can translate
to mental stress

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REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
• Increased feelings of anxiety and depression.
• Gain weight
• Poorer blood circulation

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EYESTRAIN
• Occurs when staring at the screen of digital device for a long
period of time
• Eye fatigue
• Ability to concentrate is reduced

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SUMMARY

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 REFERENCES
• Six ways social media negatively affects your mental health without you even knowing. (2020). Retrieved
23 April 2020, from https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/social-media-mental-
health-negative-effects-depression-anxiety-addiction-memory-a8307196.html

• YoungMinds. (2020). Cyberbullying’s impact on young people’s mental health [Ebook]. Retrieved from
https://youngminds.org.uk/media/2189/pcr144b_social_media_cyberbullying_inquiry_full_report.pdf

• How Social Media Affects Our Ability to Communicate. (2020). Retrieved 24 April 2020, from
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-social-media-affects-our-ability-to-communicate/

• Mike Wright, & Zolfagharifard, E. (2020). Internet is giving us shorter attention spans and worse memories, major
study suggests. Retrieved 24 April 2020, from https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/06/06/internet-
giving-us-shorter-attention-spans-worse-memories-major/

• Computer-related injuries. (2020). Retrieved 24 April 2020, from

https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/computer-related-injuries

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THANK YOU

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