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EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

A legal high of addiction, spending hours daily flicking through the feed, swiping n liking, blaming & complaining with all types of questions filtering our minds. There IS both A positive and negative effect of social media use.

Have a butchers at ‘Guidelines & Management’ to become more street wise to manage your online time better.
GUIDELINES & MANAGEMENT

EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA

A legal high of addiction, spending hours daily flicking through the feed, swiping n liking, blaming & complaining with all types of questions filtering our minds. There IS both A positive and negative effect of social media use.

Have a butchers at ‘Guidelines & Management’ to become more street wise to manage your online time better.
GUIDELINES & MANAGEMENT

 

  • Spending excessive hours daily online
  • Comparing yourself to others
  • Checking your accounts when you are in the presence of others
  • Scrolling through the feed through boredom
  • Chasing gratification through ‘likes & followers’
  • Isolating other peers from social events, then uploading pictures
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  • Sharing constructive posts to benefit/help others
  • Sharing messages/posts
  • Sharing a memory which means something to you
  • Connecting with distant friends/family
  • Communicating with friends
  • Keeping updated with daily news

MR Bombastic I feel fantastic. Being on point with peak-time posts on the #gram for maximum returns on the ‘like bank’ hype. Don’t worry we’ve all been there!

Beggin it for them likes #like4like

Neuroscientists are studying the effects of social media on brain chemicals – and finding that positive interactions from receiving a notification from likes, tweets, DM’s – all the type of hustle we strive for daily in the online jungle – are creating a high potential for the same kind of chemical reaction caused by gambling and recreational drugs. The mastermind chemical behind addiction – DOPAMINE!

Harvard university researcher Trevor Haynes: ‘When you get a social media notification, your brain sends a chemical messenger called Dopamine along a reward pathway which makes you feel good. Dopamine is associated with food, exercise, music, love, sex, gambling, drugs …. and now, social media’.

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Side effects of social media on the brain

‘Spending too much time on social media isn’t just a bad habit; it can have real consequences. Science shows that we are basically carrying around little dopamine stimulators in our pockets. This confirms why we become so distracted by our phones.

Social media presents the same feelings of anticipation, excitement and pleasure as gambling or substance addiction. Social media provides immediate rewards, in the form of attention from your network (friends/ followers) for minimal effort through a thumb tap. Therefore, the brain rewires itself, making you desire likes, retweets, emojis, applause and so on’.

Statement: TED Video

Balance is crucial for our health

‘The science is clear. Too much social media can alter our brain chemistry. We know there are many good sides to social media, e.g. staying in touch with friends and family and sharing beneficial information and messages. It’s learning not only how to manage online social media better that is so important, but also how to protect your future mental health.

Check out ‘Guidelines & Management’ for quick tips how to manage your online time better.

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