Today’s world revolves around social media with teens spending hours every day on social media applications such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat, our generation has become dependent on electronic devices for entertainment. We no longer rely on libraries or newspapers for information because everything we need can be found with the tap of a finger. Teenagers use apps to stay up to date with the world and often find themselves caught up viewing the lives of the rich and famous. Social media posts by celebrity figures being viewed by teens creates false body perceptions and images of what our everyday lives should be like. Social media displays images of perfection and happiness that are unattainable. Although the relationships formed by these applications may seem to be a factor that creates happiness among the youth, social media can actually prevent happiness by creating insecurities in users and consuming the lives of today’s generation.
Often social media creates a state of unhappiness by causing teens to become insecure and self conscious about themselves. Certain posts give teenagers false perceptions of what their lives should be like, along with what standards their body types and features should meet. People
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Before social media, people with poor social skills had harder times forming friendships, but they now can create relationships through apps and feel more comfortable around others. Social media helps with communication skills by allowing people to communicate without actually being face to face, but in the long run this leads to the decrease in physical contact due to lack of inperson communication. Overall, the negative effects of social media overcome its positive aspects because someone feeling insecure or not good enough is a bigger problem than someone building social