In this week’s discussion we were asked to pick a position on the negative or positive impacts
on our psychological well-being. In my opinion, I believe that social media negatively impacts
our psychological well-being. Social media platforms are all around us in today’s world. Some
of those platforms are Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram, and Snap Chat. How many of us look at
these for some point if not hours at a time. b We are seeing so many people including children
being hurt by trying to follow what people are doing on Tik Tok. How many times have you
heard the saying “Oh if you didn’t see on Facebook, it didn’t happen.” Today, we are seeing
many criminals, predators and even terrorists to act in a negative way to our communities,
children, and everyone around us. Social media fosters a false sense of online “connections”
and superficial friendships leading to emotional and psychological problems (Jacob, 2015). The
Impact of Social Media on Society was a great article on our topic. It really dived into the
primary reasons why it is having a negative impact on us. If anyone has the time to read the
article please follow the link to the article, as it is a great article.
When it comes to social media and its effects on our psychological well-being it can be linked
to our career connections. We just went through a pandemic for COVID-19. Having our smart
phones enabled us to continue to work from home. We were able to answer emails and
phone calls. We could log into other platforms like zoom and this gave us the incentives of
being in meeting with out really being there. Our smart phone is just not a phone today, they
are minicomputers that can give us access to almost everything in the world. Our careers were
able to continue without stopping even though we were not in the office. It connected us to
the world in a whole different way, other than what we consider “normal”.
References:
Amedie, Jacob, "The Impact of Social Media on Society" (2015). Pop Culture Intersections. 2.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/engl_176/2
