CHAPTER 2

Related Literature
Fear of missing out (FOMO) and social media addiction. While FOMO has been
around far longer than social media, sites such as Facebook and Instagram seem to
exacerbate feelings that others are having more fun or living better lives than you
are. The idea that you’re missing out on certain things can impact your self-esteem,
trigger anxiety, and fuel even greater social media use, much like an addiction.
FOMO can compel you to pick up your phone every few minutes to check for
updates, or compulsively respond to each and every alert—even if that means
taking risks while you’re driving, missing out on sleep at night, or prioritizing social
media interaction over real world relationships.

Isolation. A study at the University of Pennsylvania found that high usage of

Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram increase rather decrease feeling of loneliness.
Conversely, the study found that reducing social media usage can actually make you
feel less lonely and isolated and improve your overall wellbeing.

Depression and anxiety. Human beings need face-to-face contact to be mentally

healthy. Nothing reduces stress and boosts your mood faster or more effectively
than eye-to-eye contact with someone who cares about you. The more you prioritize
social media interaction over in-person relationships, the more you’re at risk for
developing or exacerbating mood disorders such as anxiety and depression.

Cyberbullying. About 10 percent of teens report being bullied on social media and
many other users are subjected to offensive comments. Social media platforms such
as Twitter can be hotspots for spreading hurtful rumors, lies, and abuse that can
leave lasting emotional scars.
 Self-absorption. Sharing endless selfies and all your innermost thoughts on social
media can create an unhealthy self-centeredness and distance you from real-life
connections.

References
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/mental-health/social-media-and-mental-health.htm

https://www.studo.com

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu

https://www.scribd.com

https://wwwcoursehero.com
 Related Studies

Web-based social networking is an online community where people

Collaborate to create, share, and modify their ideas. Comments regarding any

data. Online long distance social networking communication has significantly

altered the last ten years. The way people communicate and work together. A

descriptive study was done among two deemed universities. It asked about

demographic data, social networking trends, interpersonal relationships, and

health impacts. The According to the findings, there is a strong correlation

between the number of SHS and the amount of time spent on social media.

Positive relationship exist between feeling ore serious and anxious on

Social media than in real.

A recent study has already found that excessive time spent

On social media leads to depression. In this study, there is an association

between time spent on social media and the number of social networking

sites. Day by day consumption of media negatively affects the children,

preteens, and adolescents by making the increasingly inclined to depression

anxiety, and other mental issues, just as making them progressively

defenseless to future medical issues. In this study, the result shows that there

is an association between usage of social media and the number of social

networking sites. “What we found overall is that if you use less social media,

you are actually less depressed and less lonely, meaning that the decrease

social media use is what causes that qualitative shift in your wellbeing”.

In this study it was found that there was a difference between number of social

networking sites and symptoms of depression. Excessive use of SNS can lead to

heightened depression, anxiety, distress, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction with

life, thus deteriorating mental health.

 Social media are responsible for aggravating mental health problems. This systematic study
summarizes

the effects of social network usage on mental health. Fifty papers were shortlisted from google scholar

databases, and after the application of various inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 papers were chosen

and all papers were evaluated for quality. Eight papers were cross-sectional studies, three were

longitudinal studies, two were qualitative studies, and others were systematic reviews. Findings were

classified into two outcomes of mental health: anxiety and depression. Social media activity such as time

spent to have a positive effect on the mental health domain. However, due to the cross-sectional design

and methodological limitations of sampling, there are considerable differences. The structure of social

media influences on mental health needs to be further analyzed through qualitative research and

vertical cohort studies.

The use of social media is incomparably on the rise among students, influenced by the globalized

forms of communication and the post-pandemic rush to use multiple social media platforms for

education in different fields of study. Though social media has created tremendous chances for sharing

ideas and emotions, the kind of social support it provides might fail to meet students’ emotional needs,

or the alleged positive effects might be short-lasting. In recent years, several studies have been

conducted to explore the potential effects of social media on students’ affective traits, such as stress,

anxiety, depression, and so on. The present paper reviews the findings of the exemplary published works

of research to shed light on the positive and negative potential effects of the massive use of social media

on students’ emotional well-being. This review can be insightful for teachers who tend to take the

potential psychological effects of social media for granted. They may want to know more about the

actual effects of the over-reliance on and the excessive (and actually obsessive) use of social media on

students’ developing certain images of self and certain emotions which are not necessarily positive.

There will be implications for pre- and in-service teacher training and professional development

programs and all those involved in student affairs.

 Though social media, as the name suggests, is expected to keep people connected, probably this

social connection is only superficial, and not adequately deep and meaningful to help individuals

feel emotionally attached to others. The psychological effects of social media on student life need to

be studied in more depth to see whether social media really acts as a social support for students

and whether students can use social media to cope with negative emotions and develop positive

feelings or not. In other words, knowledge of the potential effects of the growing use of social media

on students’ emotional well-being can bridge the gap between the alleged promises of social media

and what it actually has to offer to students in terms of self-concept, self-respect, social role, and

coping strategies (for stress, anxiety, etc.).

References
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1010766/full

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364393/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9521624/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

https://www.studocu.com