Plenty of peer-reviewed research papers show the same thing.
Understanding the impact of social media on teens is important because almost all teens go online daily.
Teens are more likely to log on to Instagram than any other social media site.
It is a ubiquitous part of adolescent life.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
But Instagram isnt problematic simply because it is popular.
There are two key features of Instagram that seem to make it particularly risky.
Plus, that is the platform popular among celebrities, models and influencers.
Facebook has been relegated to the uncool soccer moms and grandparents.
Teens are especially vulnerable to these social comparisons.
Just about everyone can remember worrying about fitting in in high school.
Instagram exacerbates that worry.
“We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.”
Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for young users.
Recently, researchers even tried to combat this effect byreminding Instagram users that the posts were unrealistic.
Negative comparisons, which were nearly impossible to stop, still led to envy and lowered self-esteem.
For girls who tend to make a lot of social comparisons, these effects are even worse.
Just taking a selfie to be posted later makes them feel worse about how they look to others.
The big question will be how Facebook handles these damaging results.
History and the courts have been less than forgiving of the head-in-the-sand approach of Big Tobacco.
