Synopsis "A study of well being among teenagers in relation to social media"
INTRODUCTION In present world social media has been taken as great concern in clinical, psychological and social researches. Despite the fact that engaging in different forms of social media is a routine activity that research has shown to benefit children and teenagers by increasing communication, social connection, and even technical competence. O' Keffe & Pearson (2011) Social media sites such as Facebook, whatsapp, twitter, Instagram and MySpace offer multiple daily opportunities for connecting with people with shared interests. During the last 5 years, the number of teenagers using social media has increased dramatically. Hinduja S, Patchin J. (2007) reported that 22% of teenagers log on to their favorite social media sites more than 10 times a day, and more than half of teenagers log on to a social media sites more than once a day. 75% of teenagers now own cell phones, and 25% for social media, 54% for texting, and 24% for instant messaging. Therefore, a large part of this age group social and emotional evolution is occurring while using Internet and cell phones because of their limited capacity for self-regulation and sensitivity to peer pressure, children and teenagers are at some risk as they navigate and experiment with social networking sites. Social media is based on internet and social media addiction a type of internet addiction considered as problematic use of social media by all age groups including teenagers. Recent study suggested that there are frequent online expressions of offline behaviors, like bullying, clique-forming, and sexual experimentation, and privacy issues. Other issues that merit consciousness incorporate Internet addiction and concurrent sleep deprivation. These all aforesaid eventually leads teenagers towards mental issues. Teenagers have been found to be vulnerable for social media addiction and resultant problems; hence it is very much necessary to fill the gap on teenagers' social media addiction and preventive approach for teenagers. In context of aforesaid the present study was intended to explore the social media addition and its resultant psychological health risk among teenagers groups. The present study are introduced as follows- Social media,
