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THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CHILDREN
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The growing influence of the media in our daily life is hard to over since the social
networking sites are web-based platforms on which individuals connect with the other user to
generate and maintain the social connections. Dyer (2018), have been concerns about the effect
of the media exposure of the well-being of the individuals around the globe. Therefore, research
has been conducted on the effect of media on individuals where authors solely focus on the
negative implications of the media use on the individuals, especially teenagers. The study
indicates the prolonged exposure of the media give rise to the signs and symptoms of the
depression, which further affect the mental wellbeing (Dyer ,2018). Since the social networking
or televisions are relatively recent phenomena, the time children’s or teenagers spent in front of
technology has increased exponentially which in turn affected the wellbeing of them
(Dyer ,2018). The cognitive and social factors emerge as both moderators and mediators of the
relationship between social media and depression.

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THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON CHILDREN
Figure: child engaged in social media
Source: (Dyson et al., 2016)
A study by Thomas et al. (2018), suggested that affective disorders such as depression
and anxiety are depended on the relationship between the individual’s interaction with social
media and the cognitive functions of them. Another study by Sherman et al. (2016), suggested
that the approximately 4.7% and 7.3% of the children and individuals around the globe
experienced depression and anxiety which highly affected their personal life and relationship of
them with their surroundings. Many social media posts influenced individuals in the most
negative way. The general learning model proposed that the media-based experiences
contributed to the cognitive development and knowledge structure, which includes the behaviour
of the person and knowledge of the person. The accumulated evidence stated that many
children’s or teenagers frequently showed the typical emotions which they find appropriate to the
current situation such as anger and fear which is generally influenced by the media they spend
the majority of the time with (Grogan, 2016). In very few cases they give rise to the emotions