Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence

Uhls, Yalda T.; Ellison, Nicole B.; Subrahmanyam, Kaveri

doi:10.1542/peds.2016-1758e

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“…The growing presence of social media has prompted a proliferation of research across disciplines investigating its uses and effects among youth (Uhls et al 2017; Yan 2018). However, research on adolescent peer relationships has lacked a unifying framework for understanding the mechanisms by which social media may impact traditional peer relations constructs.…”

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Transformation of Adolescent Peer Relations in the Social Media Context: Part 1—A Theoretical Framework and Application to Dyadic Peer Relationships

Nesi

Choukas‐Bradley

Prinstein

2018

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Investigators have long recognized that adolescents' peer experiences provide a crucial context for the acquisition of developmental competencies, as well as potential risks for a range of adjustment difficulties. However, recent years have seen an exponential increase in adolescents' adoption of social media tools, fundamentally reshaping the landscape of adolescent peer interactions. Although research has begun to examine social media use among adolescents, researchers have lacked a unifying framework for understanding the impact of social media on adolescents' peer experiences. This paper represents Part 1 of a two-part theoretical review, in which we offer a transformation framework to integrate interdisciplinary social media scholarship and guide future work on social media use and peer relations from a theory-driven perspective. We draw on prior conceptualizations of social media as a distinct interpersonal context and apply this understanding to adolescents' peer experiences, outlining features of social media with particular relevance to adolescent peer relations. We argue that social media transforms adolescent peer relationships in five key ways: by changing the frequency or immediacy of experiences, amplifying experiences and demands, altering the qualitative nature of interactions, facilitating new opportunities for compensatory behaviors, and creating entirely novel behaviors. We offer an illustration of the transformation framework applied to adolescents' dyadic friendship processes (i.e., experiences typically occurring between two individuals), reviewing existing evidence and offering theoretical implications. Overall, the transformation framework represents a departure from the prevailing approaches of prior peer relations work and a new model for understanding peer relations in the social media context.

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Transformation of Adolescent Peer Relations in the Social Media Context: Part 1—A Theoretical Framework and Application to Dyadic Peer Relationships

Nesi

Choukas‐Bradley

Prinstein

2018

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

399

472

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“…There are many benefits of social media use for individuals across the life span (Antheunis et al, 2016;Chopik, 2016;Heo et al, 2015;Steinfield et al, 2008;Uhls et al, 2017). For young people, the benefits include a variety of factors that are critical to healthy development, such as identity development and exploration, aspirational development, peer engagement, friendship development and maintenance, increased social capital, and access to social support (Uhls et al, 2017). One study of over 3,000 early adolescents showed a positive relationship between the use of social networking sites and quality of friendships (Antheunis et al, 2016).…”

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“…The literature presents an increasing number of documented negative consequences related to social media use (Ho et al, 2016;LeBourgeois et al, 2017;Lin et al, 2016;Pew Research Center, 2018;Primack et al, 2017;Uhls et al, 2017). Evidence suggests links between social media use and depression, anxiety, and social isolation (Lin et al, 2016;Primack et al, 2017).…”

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“…We could no longer perform our major life functions" (p. 2). While the increased interconnectedness that technology and social media provide has had many positive impacts on society, there is also growing evidence of the negative effects of social media use on our physical and mental health (Ho et al, 2016;LeBourgeois et al, 2017;Lin et al, 2016;Primack et al, 2017;Shensa et al, 2018;Uhls et al, 2017).…”

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Social Media as Occupation: Implications for Occupational Therapy Practice

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Erler²,

Nakamura³

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The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Five Working Groups specifically deliberate on psychosocial effects research. Uhls et al 4 address how social media influence identity development, aspirational development, and peer engagement for adolescents (ages 13-18 years). James et al 5 present the current state of knowledge on how digital lives of tweens and teenagers influence their sense of well-being, social connectedness, empathy, and narcissism.…”

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Pietra¹

2017

Pediatrics

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Digital media is ubiquitous in most children's lives. 1 This fact compels us to determine how electronically mediated communications influence children at all ages and developmental stages. By understanding these effects, parents, teachers, clinicians, and policymakers can help fulfill their shared responsibility of improving the well-being of children. In response to this need, I established Children and Screens: The Institute of Digital Media and Child Development 4 years ago. Children and Screens promotes research on the effects of digital media on children, and supports the creation and use of objective, research-based guidelines and policies. This endeavor began with a series of one-on-one conversations with leaders in media effects research and related fields. These discussions informed Children and Screens' subsequent collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences, which culminated in the Arthur M. Sackler Colloquium "Digital Media and Developing Minds" held in October 2015, where nearly 200 of the world's leading media researchers in all disciplines gathered to share their knowledge. This supplement builds on what transpired at that event. It describes the current state of youth media effects research and points the way to the necessary next steps in this field. Children and Screens' President and Board of Advisors asked members to lead interdisciplinary Working Groups and co-author articles to address specific, predefined topics within 3 large domains. Topics were chosen on the basis of core areas of inquiry that have already or are currently in the process of framing the evolving field of children and media. The Working Groups consisted of 107 Children and Screens members and 33 additional experts from diverse disciplinary and institutional perspectives who were invited by Working Group leaders on the basis of their particular competencies, with recommendations from Children and Screens members who expressed interest in participating. Children and Screens communicated to all Working Group leaders its strong desire for objectivity, appropriate balance, and range of expertise. As a result, this supplement reflects contributions not only from pediatrics, but also from the fields of

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Benefits and Costs of Social Media in Adolescence

Cited by 201 publications

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Transformation of Adolescent Peer Relations in the Social Media Context: Part 1—A Theoretical Framework and Application to Dyadic Peer Relationships

Transformation of Adolescent Peer Relations in the Social Media Context: Part 1—A Theoretical Framework and Application to Dyadic Peer Relationships

Social Media as Occupation: Implications for Occupational Therapy Practice

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