SOCIAL MEDIA AND SELF-ESTEEM SECRETS YOU NEVER KNOW
Social media has expanded beyond its original scope, and it now causes more harm than benefit. Are people today's self-esteem affected by social media? With the launch of LinkedIn in 2003, Facebook in February 2004, Twitter in March 2006, Instagram in October 2010, and Pinterest in January, the use of social media has significantly increased over the past fifteen years. In March 2016, Instagram had more than 400 million monthly activities; Facebook had more than 1.09 billion average daily active users.
As we've seen, social media refers to compulsively using social media sites and the associated behavioral addiction symptoms. A few signs are prominence, tolerance to confrontation, withdrawal, relapse, and mood swings.
An exaggerated perception of one's traits is self-esteem, characterized as "self-confidence and self-satisfaction."Persons with low self-esteem use social media more frequently to boost their self-esteem.
A large-scale study found that social media addiction has linked with the feminine gender, high narcissism, and low self-esteem.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that addiction to technology, particularly the internet and social networking sites, is positively associated with stress, anxiety, and depression but adversely associated with academic achievement, all of which hurt life satisfaction.
According to a recent study, Facebook addicts reported poor life satisfaction and self-esteem than their non-addicted counterparts. The study included 381 Polish Facebook users as a sample. The results were consistent with a sample of 82 Americans, with an average age of 19 and 12, who used Facebook more frequently than non-users, who reported lower levels of pleasure and life satisfaction.
Most of you know that users can "like" a post made by someone to express their approval on Facebook and numerous other social networking sites. Some people get influenced by the number of likes posts acquire as liking someone's postings has become so widespread in recent years. Like buttons weren't present when Facebook got discovered in February 2004.
Justin Rosenstein, a Facebook employee, unveiled the Like button five years later. He started the "like" movement on social networks and other websites, but he only uses Facebook since he is unsure about the potential psychological effects of using Snapchat.
Some social media junkies' personalities got significantly impacted by the "Like" button in the bottom corner of every post. When a post receives few likes, someone may feel unappreciated and unpopular; meanwhile, when a post gets too many likes, they are overjoyed and can't stop smiling.
With approximately 4.5 billion likes daily, Facebook is the most popular social networking platform. Half of its members like at least one post per day. What happens to the individual who receives a "Like" after receiving it? There is proof that receiving likes on internet posts is favorably connected with self-esteem.
On the other hand, relying on receiving likes from other social media users, which makes you feel good, sometimes can be an unwanted self-esteem signal that, over time, can become destructive. Getting appreciated by someone else on social media enhances one's self-esteem, and eventually leads to a sense of well-being.
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