English investigatory project

TOPIC – SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECT ON

TEENAGERS
Session – 2022-23
Guided By – Shraboni mam
Presented By – Krishna Singh
Mohit Rai
Pragyesh Patel
Nishant Ramareddy
PV Hemanth Kumar
 Index

1.Statement of Purpose
2.Topic
3.Acknowledgement
4.Certificate
5.Action Plan
6.Evidences
7.Group Reflection
8.Report
9.Learning Experiences
10.Bibliography
11.Thank You
•What goes on in the minds of teenagers when they engage with
social media, seemingly lost in their screens? It’s a question we
as individuals often ponder as we fret about the effects of social
media on the youth well-being.
•As social media use has expanded and evolved, concerns about
its role in the youth lives have grown as well. Linking social
media use to technology addiction, the decay of in-person social
skills, and multiple harms to the youth mental well-being make
for good headlines but may obscure and confuse the actual role
of social media in the youth lives. This report is designed in part
to help shed light on some of those concerns. As technology
becomes more accessible, are youth preferences changing from
face-to-face communication to online interactions? To what
degree are the youth occupied by social pressures regarding
how they present themselves online and how they compare to
others? How widespread is cyberbullying, and how the youth is
coping with it? Is social media contributing to or helping to
alleviate depression and loneliness among adolescents, and how
has this changed, if at all, over the past years?
•The Project examines a Study on Social Media And Its Impact
On Youth. It talks about the Positive and Negative Impacts of
Social Media and the Way Forward to protect the youth in this
Digital Age.
•Many of the insights in the report are likely to challenge our
notions of whether social media is “good” or “bad” for youth.
Because youth involvement with social media is something
many of us have personal experience with, it can be difficult to
step back and take an objective look at what is happening in
the world as a whole. Our own immersion in this world can
easily affect our ability to observe and understand social
media’s broader role in society and in the lives of youth.
Social media
effect on
teenagers
•We extent our heartfelt gratitude to our teacher,
Shraboni mam for her guidance, constant
encouragement and assistance during the course of
preparation of our project.
•We are extremely thankful to Dr. Shruti Gupta,
Principal, Brilliant Public School, for her sincere
support in the completion of our work.
•We thank our family and friends for giving a helping
hand in the successful completion of the project.
•Name: Krishna Singh
Pragyesh Patel
Mohit Rai
Nishant Ramareddy
PV Hemanth Kumar
Class – XII Sci Alpha
•This is to certify that Krishna Singh, Mohit Rai,
Pragyesh Patel, Nishant Ramareddy, PV Hemanth
Kumar, students of class XII Sci-Alpha has successfully
completed the project on above mentioned topic under
the guidance of Shraboni mam on
.

Teacher’s Signature Principal’s Signature

•Social Media has reduced the world into a global village where people
can interact with each other just by a click of a button. Technology's
ability of widespread instantaneous connection has led to its usage in
social media and its use is among the most common activities of today's
youth which has a paramount impact on them. These sites offer today's
youth a medium for entertainment and communication but the problem
with the excess usage of social media is that today's youth is tomorrow's
future and we ought to be using the Internet to build ourselves, to be well
equipped with the skills and the knowledge required to build a utopia
for all but instead we are using it to destroy ourselves and each other.
•Albert Einstein very rightly said, "I fear the day when technology will
surpass human interaction." This statement of his is very evident today
as we live in this Social Media era where we are more connected in social
media than our real life. The impact of social media on us shows how
we've evolved from apes to smartphone addicts. Active Listening and
Meaningful Connections and Interactions with open hearts and open
minds is the antidote to the problem which will help the youth
understand the effective and judicious utilization of social media. All
technologies have obvious benefits and potential harmful effects. As in
mostly everything in life, the key could lie in moderate use of social
media.
•The following steps will be followed to complete the study:
1.Reviewing Websites, Blogs, Essays, Articles, Research Papers and
YouTube Videos related to the topic.
2.Writing the report based on the review. The report will cover
subheadings like Introduction, Manipulation of Users by Tech
Companies to Spend More Time On Their Devices, Effects Of Social
Media On Social-Emotional Well Being, How Social Media Effects
Stress?, The Dark Side Of Social Media, Positive Effects Of Engaging In
Social Media, Conclusion.
Evidences
Group Reflection

Krishna Singh
As a student I have worked in many
group projects assigned by the school,
but this project was something
different and I have experienced so
many new things and also, the topic
was very interesting. I was fortunate
enough to have experienced many
different sides of project.
 Pragyesh Patel
My experience of this group project
as an individual has been very
sustaining and gratifying as I
experienced group coordination and
patience while you work together.
With this project we tried our best to
bring out various aspects of Social
Media Effect on Teenagers .
 Nishant Ramareddy

All the members did their best in providing

content for the project and helped each other in
every other way possible. This project
enhanced our communication skills, thinking
ability, group coordination and many other
social skills. I would like to thank our all
members who worked together in this group
and helped each other to make it work and for
providing me such a marvelous experience.
 PV Hemanth Kumar
I was overwhelmed by working on this
project and when it comes to subject like
English, I am an enthusiast person. I
come in the category of extroverts and I
enjoy being an extrovert, it always helps
me to meet new good people. I am also
thanking my teammates who coordinated
and supported me throughout the
project. I am also thank full to my school
for giving us such an amazing project. I
enjoyed doing this project a lot.
 Mohit Rai
It was a great opportunity and a very
innovative learning and exploring
experience to work with cooperating
group.
This subject and all the activities
related to this are my personal
favorite. I am also thank full to my
school for giving us such an amazing
project. I enjoyed doing this project a
lot.
•Introduction
•Social Media is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot nowadays. It is an
interactive technology that facilitate the creation and sharing of information,
ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual communities
and networks. The fast development of technology has brought about many
advantages of living in a connected world yet we feel that our relationships are
not meaningful which metaphorically means that we are suffering from social
isolation. Digital connections may offer us the illusion of companionship
without the demands of friendship and hence we would rather text than talk.
•Manipulation of Users by Tech Companies to Spend
More Time On Their Devices
•All the social media apps have a very carefully tailored algorithms which
ensure that we are hooked to our phones. They are made to be as addictive as
possible. To be humans means that you are persuadable in every single
moment.
•Engagement with social media and our cell phones releases a chemical called
dopamine. It is the exact same chemical that gives us instant gratification (i.e..
makes us feel good) when we smoke, when we drink and when we gamble.
Those little tidbits of time when the youth think they have free time and using
their phones, they can actually add up to a pretty big number. A big chunk of
our day is spent on our phones. Our generation (a bunch of smart, talented,
self aware, hardworking, motivated individuals) are
•constantly falling prey to these social media apps. If we continually
prioritize the social media apps over our long- term goals which
require patience, consistence, discipline and actual effort, what
arises is procrastination which is fueled by the fact that we are
addicted to our devices.
•Effects Of Social Media On Social-Emotional Well
Being (Concept of ‘Filters’, ‘Highlight Reel’ and
‘Social Currency’) – The expectation of Fame and
the Importance of Being Liked
•Social media is great at providing that one thing that we all love
‘filters’. We filter our very life before projecting it to the world, we
show the happiest, the best versions of ourselves, sometimes fake
versions of ourselves out on social media. People look like that they
have a much better life than they really do. Some of the happiest
seeming people are actually some of the saddest people in reality.
Every youth today on social media has a highlight reel which is the
collection of his/her best and brightest moments. Social media is our
own personal highlight reel which is the cause of most teenagers
insecurities today. We are comparing our struggles and behind the
scenes to other people highlight reel.
•The youth of today is vulnerable to social approval and use others as a
mirror or benchmark for how they should look, how successful they
should be, or how they should live. On Social media the likes, the
comments, the shares has become the form of social currency for
which we ourselves are the product. We are tying up our self worth
with what others think of us.
How Social Media Effects Stress?
The entire generation of today don’t have the coping
mechanism to deal with stress. So, when significant
stress starts to show up in their lives, the youth of
today lacking the skillset to ask for help, they are not
turning to a person, they are turning to social media
which offers them temporary relief and when they
don’t have access to it or their phones, this stress
very quickly turns into a social anxiety that causes
rational withdrawal symptoms.
•The Dark Side Of Social Media
•Technology’s ability of widespread instantaneous
connection has opened the doorway to
cyberbullying and negative exposure of all kinds
leading to anxiety, addiction, violence, child
pornography, depression and even suicide. In
addition to this the negatives of Social Media
include:
 A Detriment to Work and/or School
 Lack of Privacy
 Users Vulnerable to Crime
 Spread of Misinformation / Fake News etc.
•Social Media is a boon if it is used for the right
purpose. It is very rightly said, Don't be an
audience to the world, Be a creator. Thus, Social
Media as a platform should be used to create
and to express
•ourselves and our talents. It
depends on us how we use it and
the moment we start valuing
ourselves, the world starts valuing
us.
• According to the Teen Social
Media Statistics 2022, below
are some interesting statistics
regarding teenagers and their
technology and social media
usage.
• 85% of Americans own a
smartphone (Source: Pew
Research) & 95% of
American teens have daily
access to a smartphone.
• 46% of teens report being
online almost constantly
(Source: Pew Research)
• TikTok had a total of 78.7
million users in the United
States as of 2021. (Apps like
this leads to short attention
span of the youth which may
be a sign of an attention
disorder or mental health
condition
• An average of 5+ billion snaps
are created every day.
 Teens’ preference for
A Study shows that
face-to-face
an average person communication with
now spends more friends has declined
time each day on substantially, and
their phone and their perception of
computer than they social media’s
do sleeping. interference with
personal
interactions has
increased.
•Positive Effects Of Engaging In Social
Media
•It’s well said that Positive anything is better than
negative nothing so apart from it’s negative impacts
Social Media is quite beneficial and has a lot of positive
impact on youth. Platforms like Facebook, Instagram and
Twitter give teens and young adults a sense of belonging
and acceptance and connect people and loved ones who
feel isolated and marginalized. It’s all round effect was
clear during the pandemic. Social media inspires young
people to develop new and healthy habits by finding
positive role models online. Social media has allowed
teens to develop a voice of advocacy. This can be a very
positive influence when exposed to the right outlets. A
study has shown that young people who express their
opinions on social media experience increased well-
being. It is a gateway to talent as it provides students
with a platform to share their creativity and ideas and
get an honest response from the audience so that they
can better shape their skills. Social media can be a
vehicle for making an impact in the community. It
exposes them to essential issues not only in their
community but all over the world as well.
•According to the Social Media, Social Life: Teens
reveal their experiences (2018) survey –

Among 13- to 17-year-old social media users, percent

who say using social media makes them feel:

• Teens are much more likely

to say social media has a
positive rather than a
negative effect on how
they feel.
• Social media is an important
avenue of creative expression
for many teens - More than
one in four teens (27 percent)
say social media is
“extremely” or “very”
important to them for
expressing themselves
creatively.
•CONCLUSION
•The effects of digital technology on youth is important
because these effects will color their adult behavior
and the way future societies will behave.
•Values are the very foundation of our beliefs. These
values can direct us to deal
•with the problems mentioned above as well as guide us
to decide exactly how and what to use our social media
for. We should be ourselves as the very fact that nobody
is us makes us perfect. A dedicated social media policy,
safeguards for inappropriate behavior online, parental
control, limits to screen time, constant communication
with kids, promotion of outdoor activities etc. can be a
way forward to protect the youth in this digital age.
Learning Experiences
Learning Experiences
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
• YouTube Videos :-
https://youtu.be/soHn6t_jjIw

https://youtu.be/vMc816GiT48

https://youtu.be/fhwlHTXteJY

https://youtu.be/e2Tq2gvGt80

•Websites, Blogs, Essays, Articles and

Research Papers :-

https://smartsocial.com/post/social-media-statistics

https://turbofuture.com/internet/effects-of-social-media-on-our-
youth

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-
technology-2018/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/uploads/research/2
018_cs_socialmediasociallife_executivesummary-final- release_3_lowres.pdf