Compare and Contrast Viewpoints on Impact of Social Media on Mental Health

Compare and contrast the
viewpoints
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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INTRODUCTION
Social media has become an integral part of our life. There is extensive use of social sites by
adults with technological advancement. It has highly resulted in change in their behaviour. Also,
many of them are complaining of depression. There are certain perspective and viewpoint of
author in doing research. The viewpoint may be same or vary from one another. It can be either
related to one topic or different. The essay will compare and contrast 2 viewpoint of 2 articles.
MAIN BODY
Viewpoint 1 Impact of social media on mental health
Comparison
In context with above viewpoint it is stated that in first article it is clearly said by author
that social media impact on mental health of adolescent in negative way. It is said by Mir and
Novas (2019) that there is high use of social media by adults. Here, in study there is association
found between time spent on social media and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Moreover,
usually, in girls mental illness issue has increased. Also, use of social media disrupts sleep. Thus,
lack of poor sleep led to depression and anxiety. Similarly, in second article Barr, (2019) also
focus on negative impact of social media on mental health. It is stated that continuous use of
social sites has resulted in poor quality of sleep. Besides, there are 6 ways social media can affect
on mental health. They are self esteem, human connection, sleep, etc. In this as well Generation
Z said that social sites makes them feel nervous and depressed. Thus, out of 1000 participants,
41% said to quit use of social media for good. Therefore, both author viewpoint is same on
relation between social media and mental illness. They have said that social sites led to
symptoms such as depression, anxiety, etc.
Contrast
It is analysed that first article also emphasised on ways in which how parents can tackle
this problem. The author said that parents can take relevant steps such as regularly checking
children about their behaviour, also doing conversation with them to find out their feelings, etc.
Besides that, article also provided different tips which can be useful in managing social media
use. Hence, author provided solution as well of the problem which is stated in research. There
was facts given through survey being done. However, in second article impact is described in 6
ways that is self esteem, memory, human connection, etc. the author has given in depth view of
affect of social media on adults. There was nothing mentioned about tips and solutions which can
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