Literature Review on the Implications of Social Media Use

This literature review delves into the multifaceted implications of social media use, synthesizing research from various studies to provide a comprehensive overview of its effects. The review begins with an introduction outlining the significance of social media in modern life, followed by an analysis of both positive and negative impacts. The positive aspects explored include studies on how social media can foster a sense of belonging, enhance self-esteem, and contribute to overall wellbeing, particularly among young adults. The negative aspects section examines the detrimental effects, such as increased rates of depression, anxiety, and social isolation, as well as the potential for decreased trust and health. The review integrates findings from multiple research papers, including those by Fullwood, Gonzalez, Pantic, Valkenburg, and Walsh, to offer a balanced perspective. The conclusion synthesizes the key findings, highlighting the need for critical engagement with social media and further research into its long-term effects on individuals and society. This assignment is a comprehensive literature review on Desklib, a platform providing AI-based study tools for students.

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Introduction
The study is about the literature review on the topic, 'Implications of social media
use.' In recent times, the usage of social media is massively connected to ordinary people's
personal life. There are some absolute terms that concern social media use. There are
contradictory studies on the function played by social networking in the promotion of the
social connectedness that suggest that young adults may have beneficial and detrimental
psychological effects. Furthermore, there is another element of belongingness. Social
networking networks, such as Instagram, encourage users to send requests that will connect
and interact with others if they want to virtually establish their social connections. Besides,
the results indicate that contact is necessary to create a feeling of belonging rather than easy
usage. Another distinguishing word for social networking usage is SNS or the Social
Networking service; it is an electronic method for forming connections with individual users
that share a relationship, history, or a real friendship with someone (Gil de Zúñiga et al.,
2017).
On the other hand, another defining aspect that provides more of a negative context is
self-esteem, higher rates of fear, isolation, jealousy, narcissism, dissatisfaction and
deteriorating social skills have been correlated with the social network. The study mainly
considers the positive negative effects of using social media. Furthermore, the study provides
examples of previously proven positive or negative theories.
Positive Aspect of Social Media Use
Although some parents think nothing good can come from social media, there is some
amount of positive aspects of social media usage. The primary positive theory is Fullwood's
study, and the paper aims to investigate the consequences correlated with the context of
psychological wellbeing that is generated into users through the use of the app on mobile. It
is believed that the usage of mobile has adverse implications for prosperity, but previous

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studies has traditionally not qualitatively investigated the perceptions of mobile users. This
observational study reveals the findings of 3 focus groups of 18 mobile users, 14 women and
4 men engaging in an open-ended exploration of the attitudes and perceptions of the usage
and ownership of a mobile (Fullwood & Attrill-Smith, 2018). The research indicates that the
consumers of smartphones are more than addicted to using their computers for specific tasks.
Furthermore, an accurate perception of individual consumers with their smartphones has been
provided in this analysis study. The second theory betraying the positive aspect of media use
is Gonzalez's study; it deals with the Facebook-led dimension of self-esteem (Sobaih et al.,
2017). The research indicates that 63 respondents. Sixteen of whom were males and 47
females, conducted a survey on the differential appearance of participants on their specific
self-esteem profiles under varying circumstances and randomly remitted participants to one
of the three classes and three minutes later requested to complete an auto-esteem
questionnaire. This study too shows some positive aspects of the use of social media on the
individuals.
The results of the research suggest that 'Google' affects self-esteem through its appearance at
web media. Over everything, Facebook's contribution to self-esteem demonstrates the users'
psychological advantages. The third defining theory of social media use is the Valkenburg
study. The research centered on the consequences of the self-esteem and wellbeing of
teenagers from friends' media networks. The effect of mental wellbeing is viewed as
detrimental by the usage of networking sites in adolescents. All of these studies involve
individuals of young age. They can be students or teenagers, but they are always males and
females, whose average age lies within 30. Positive effects have been studied through all the
mentioned theories here.
Furthermore, the theories are studying the effects of social media on mental health and
wellbeing of the test subjects (Vannucci et al., 2017). Any content may be beneficial, and

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some could be negative or positive. But, in general, it can also be noted that achieving the
utmost in personal and social health and wellbeing is most important (Wirtz & Zimbres,
2018). Similarly, the results also indicate that the impact that social identification may be
influenced by mobile usage within individual and community norms is clear. Furthermore,
the findings of the analysis indicate more research into the psychological factors that
influence the social development of young adults through mobile use. Mobile usage
encourages the role of healthcare in young adults in general.
Negative Aspect of Social Media Use
60% of people who use social media claimed that social media have negatively influenced
their self-esteem. Two other studies significantly follow the negative effect of the usage of
social media. The first study is Pantic Study. In this research, the connections have been
discussed in teens about internet usage and depression. A longitudinal study of 160 high
school seniors comprising 52 male and 109 female teenagers revealed results from a survey.
The typical age of the test subjects was 18.02. The factors which contributed to depression
were interviewed. Questionnaires were performed utilizing a program viewed with the study
of associations. The research findings indicate that the time spent on media outlets is linked
to depression. However, results suggest that the rate of distress rise with the rise of time spent
on social media (Horrell et al., 2016).
Another theory is, Walsh Study, the research aims to investigate the social influences found
in younger adult mobile phone usage. It is because mobile connectivity increases the
communication of young people, and knowing the social factors used by this research is
essential. The subject of the study is totally new with respect to context. The study
concentrated on communicating via cell telephones and included feedback from a focus
group of 32 people, 13 of them were men and 19 were women aged 16 to 24. The audio
interviews lasted about 1 hour, and a contextual objectives review was used to document

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audiotapes. The findings show the usage of mobile apps encourages a feeling of youthful
belonging. Social media has a significant impact on emotional wellbeing, and through that
physical wellbeing is evident. The results indicate a decrease in the trust and health of young
people in optimistic responses and adverse experiences. These studies also rely on teenagers,
mainly students. The aspect is followed throughout all the theories, mostly because the
teenagers are the individuals who make the most use of social media.
Moreover, the harmful effects of the usage of social media are very much proper in both
studies. There is no means of telling for sure that the proposals suggested would actually be
adopted at any point in time, so it is necessary to remain wary of the usage of the social
network and the feelings that those who used social media that have. It is also essential for
students to spend time evaluating what social media are used for.
Conclusion
So during the conclusive research, all the study mainly concerns teenagers or students.
Moreover, the test subjects had an average age of 10 to 25. Also, all the subjects of the
reviews provided have not been considered before. So the explained studies and the
conclusive studies will give a decent idea of various new matters of implications of social
media use. This paper explored how and whether the utilization of social networking would
affect network heterogeneity for university students and whether network heterogeneity may
be correlated with social capital and psychological wellbeing at the level of connecting or
bonding. It was studied, in particular, whether network variability is mediating in the
relationship between social media usage and the contingent variables of social value and
psychological wellbeing (Walsh & O'Connor, 2019). The findings reveal the use of social
media is related positively to the variability of the contact network of college students. The
effects of social media are also positively associated with some levels of subjective
wellbeing. The conclusive study also discovered a positive indirect effect mechanism by

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which social media use influences connecting through social media and individual wellbeing
through network heterogeneity.

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