Data Points: How Social Media Impacts Kids’ Mental Health (featuring Dr. Corey Emanuel)

Something Was Wrong

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True Crime, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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*Content Warning: anxiety, depression, mental illness, suicidal ideation, suicide, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, sextortion, and predatory internet grooming.

Resources:

National Alliance on Mental Illness: http://www.nami.org

SOSA — Safe from Online Sex Abuse: https://sosatogether.org/

Healthy Children – How to Make a Family Media Plan: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/How-to-Make-a-Family-Media-Use-Plan.aspx

Sources:

Crushell, D. (2023, March 6). Park: Precise advertiser report - kids. YouTube Advertising Insights & Performance Blog. https://blog.precise.tv/blog/park_precise_advertiser_report_kids
Proulx, M. (2023). Tiktok usage plateaus among us gen Z teens. Forrester. : https://bit.ly/4avWrZU
Joseph, B. (2022, August). Cyberbullying (for parents) | nemours kidshealth. KidsHealth: https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/cyberbullying.prt-en.html
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Yates, J. (2024, January 23). Violence on social media - the online fight for our children’s attention. Youth Endowment Fund: https://youthendowmentfund.org.uk/reports/children-violence-and-vulnerability-2023/
Katella, K. (2024, June 17). How social media affects your teen’s mental health: A parent’s guide. Yale Medicine: https://ym.care/9hg
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Connect with Dr Corey Emanuel:

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0:00.0	Wundry Plus subscribers can listen to something was wrong early and ad free right now.
0:06.0	Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry App or on Apple Podcast.
0:19.5	Hi friends. podcast. Hi, friends, is Dr. Corey Manuel, media psychologists, mental health advocate and founder of men talking shift.
0:21.0	The Broken Cycle Media team is excited to offer a new series of educational
0:24.5	episodes which we're calling data points. These special episodes will include
0:29.2	educational information, statistics, and support on different topics that are important to our community.
0:35.0	Thank you for listening.
0:37.0	While social media can offer many benefits to today's youth, including identity and self-expression, educational opportunities, and maintaining
0:45.6	relationships with friends and family, there is substantial evidence indicating that it also
0:50.6	poses significant risk to their mental health and well-being.
0:54.3	Currently, the safety of social media for children and adolescents is not conclusively
0:58.6	determined due to insufficient evidence.
1:01.6	Recognizing the increasing research on potential harms, it is crucial to enhance our understanding of the
1:07.4	associated risk and urgently take measures to create safe and healthy digital environments.
1:13.8	Taking this holistic approach is essential to protect the mental health and well-being of children
1:18.6	and adolescents during their critical developmental stages. A primary concern for parents and guardians regarding pre-teens is the time spent on digital devices
1:28.0	and ensuring their social media experiences are safe.
1:31.0	While most experts agree that introducing a tablet for educational
1:35.0	purposes around ages two or three is generally appropriate, it's important to
1:39.4	acknowledge that early adoption may lead to premature negative consequences.
1:43.9	According to the Park Precise Advertiser Report,
1:47.1	YouTube is more popular than Tik-Tok among kids under 12 in the US. However, Forrester reports that TikTok is the most used social
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