A Review of Social Media's Impact on Young Minds in the UK Context

This literature review examines the impact of social media on young minds in the UK, focusing on the concept and role of social media among the UK population, the causes and effects on young minds, and strategies to minimize negative impacts. It highlights the prevalence of social media use among young people and its potential negative consequences, such as anxiety, depression, and disturbed sleep patterns. The review also discusses strategies to mitigate these effects, including reducing social media usage and engaging in alternative activities. The research methodology employed involves secondary research, utilizing databases like PubMed and PMC to gather relevant information. The dissertation outline covers the potential negative influences of social media on teenagers, emphasizing the importance of setting clear goals and managing online time effectively.

Impact on social media on a
young mind

Table of Contents
TITLE..............................................................................................................................................4
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
RESERACH SCOPE.......................................................................................................................4
RESEARCH AIM............................................................................................................................5
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................5
RESEARCH QUESTIONS.............................................................................................................5
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................5
Concept and role of social media among population in the UK.............................................5
Causes and impacts of social media on the young mind in the UK.......................................6
Strategies or ways used to minimize the impact of social media on the young mind within UK
................................................................................................................................................6
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.....................................................................................................7
Search strategy:......................................................................................................................7
Database used:........................................................................................................................7
Research choice:.....................................................................................................................7
Research method:...................................................................................................................8
DISSERTATION OUTLINE...........................................................................................................8
EXPECTATIONS OR CHALLENGES..........................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

TITLE
“Impact on social media on a young mind".
INTRODUCTION
Social media refers to the collective term which used different websites and use those to
focus on the communication which are effective and may lead to create high impact on sharing
of information within the large population. Due to use of different application, it leads to create
high impact on the people mine where young people re highly affected. There are large number
of young population who are highly getting affected through the social media. Here, social media
get into their mind where they like to share each and every thing that are happening in their life.
Social media was made to get socialise with other in few second to save time to get connected
through different platform. There are many cases which are effective and may lead to create high
impact on the delivery of different thought in their mind (Ioanas, 2020). There are large number
of young people who may affected due to getting different views about different topic. This may
lead to create negative or positive impression about any individual or any substance. These are
effective and may lead to create high negative impact on their mind that are associated with their
thought and changing behaviour. Social media have high impact on the young people where they
like to stay smart and seems to look better than other. To attain such type of impression, they
perform different activity which may be not good for them or other and sometime these may lead
to high consequences (Boczkowski, Mitchelstein, and Matassi, 2018). In this, there is discussion
about the concept and role of social media on the young population within UK. There is also
discussion about the impact of social media on young mind. This may also include different
strategy or ways that can help to reduce the impact of social media on young people within UK.
RESERACH SCOPE
The primary aim of the study is to aware the public about the impact of social media on
the mind of young people. While conducting the research over the provided topic, there is
secondary research method used in order to collect the information regarding the topic. In
addition to this, the prevalence of social media within the young population is quite enhancing in
the negative aspects and generally make a bad impression over the generation as well.

RESEARCH AIM
To analyse the causes and impact of social media on the young mind in the UK.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
 To understand the concept and role of social media among population in the UK.
 To determine the causes and impacts of social media on the young mind in the UK.
 To examine the strategies or ways used to minimise the impact of social media on the
young mind within UK.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
 What is the concept and role of social media among population in the UK?
 What are the causes and impacts of social media on the young mind in the UK?
 What are the strategies or ways used to minimise the impact of social media on the
young mind within UK?
LITERATURE REVIEW
Concept and role of social media among population in the UK
According to Marie Albano (2021) social media is highly effective among young people
which lead to create different situation that are influenced through the social media. Within UK,
there are large number of young people who like to use the social media in their large time. They
are highly active and perform all the activity which are directly influenced by the social media.
Here, young people like to share all the activities which are generally performed by them in their
life (Beyens and et. al., 2021). They like to share all the good things which are happening which
influence their life in different way. There are many young children who get affected through
using of social media for longer time in a day. Here, social media have high influence on people
though process. due to observing others on social media young people like to live such type of
life which are is not possible because every individual have their own issues and financial
condition which does not allow them to live such life. Here, social media play an important role
in dealing with different aspect which are associated with get connected with number of people
in less time. This also help to share images and video that may have both positive impact of
negative impact on their mind. Young people like to get connected through the social media
every time and may face uncomfortable when they are not able to get connected with social

media for few hours. This also avoid to get socialise with their family or real friends who live
nearby (Sarmiento and et. al., 2020).
Causes and impacts of social media on the young mind in the UK
According to Rishika Singh (2022) there are various causes which lead to influence young
people to use the social media which may include connecting to their friend, family, joining to
group conversation, meeting new people, talking with far away people and many more. There is
also some reason which may lead to professional cause to make advertisement about any
business which are very less in young people. Due to using it for longer time, this lead to create
negative impact on people that may include higher level of anxiety, depression, disturbed sleep
cycle and many more. There is various positive aspect of using the social media but due to
getting addicted towards the use, it leads to create negative impact on young people mind that
may lead to create disturbance in their life (Goodyear and et. al., 2018). This may also lead to
create the situation of anxiety, depression and not getting proper sleep, feeling irritation when not
using social media and many more. Such are some of the negative consequences of using too
much social media which have negative impact on young people. These can lead to create
negative impact on their life which are associated with mind on their mind. There is also other
impact on young people in UK where due to getting addicted they are not able to focus on their
future. They are not able to focus on their goal which can help in providing better help to achieve
better response towards their learning to improve their quality of life (Berryman, Ferguson, and
Negy, 2018).
Strategies or ways used to minimize the impact of social media on the young mind within UK
According to Anne Megan Lottes (2022) to reduce the negative impact of social media on
young people mind, there is need to use some strategy or ways which can help to provide better
help in reducing the negative impact of using of social media among young people in UK. There
is need to use some strategy which can be effective to reduce the impact of social media on
young mind within UK. In this, there is need to reduce the time spend on the social media this
can allow young people to reduce the use of social media which are effective and also help in
reducing the negative impact like getting disturbed from the social media activity. There is also
need to use the social media on other device rather than phone. This can help to reduce the
screen time and use of social media in a day and allow to use that time in productive work. These

are some of the strategy which can be effective to reduce the negative impact of social media
among young people in UK (Smith and Lim, 2020).
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Search strategy:
It is generally important to collect the necessary information or data which is linked with the
provided topic which is based on the causes and impact of social media on the young mind in the
UK. In order to the collect the data and its selection is generally based on various websites and
databases. In this, there are various websites or databases which are used to investigate the
provided topic such as PubMed, PMC and many more. These both database are significantly
considered as a high source of the information which is quite helpful for collecting the data that
is relevant and required for the research as well.
Database used:
The database is usually used in various aspects such as for collecting as well as the selection of
the information. In this, the database is also used to give a key point which is liked with the
given topic and is quite appropriate for choosing the relevant information. PubMed Central and
PubMed are both huge database which is specifically used to collect the data and its regarding
information such as the influence of social media on the young mind within the UK. In addition
to this, it can help to exhibit the necessity for collecting a systematic information that is accessed,
managed as well as updates appropriately.
Research choice:
While talking about the research process, there are generally the mixed choices which are mainly
taken in the study. There are the two methods such as qualitative and quantitative methods are
specifically used in the study process which can aid to collect an effective data. In this, the
qualitative research methods can deal with the words as well as characteristics with having non-
numerical information. On other hand, the quantitative research method can deal with the
numeric and statistical values that can provide the calculation such as terms prevalence and many
more. Here, in the above research, the study is taken a qualitative research method that can
include the information regarding the role as well as impact of social media on the mind of
young people within UK.

Research method:
The research approaches which are used within the dissertation is both primary and secondary as
well. The primary methods are mainly described as collecting the information for the first time
with involving an interview or having a face to face conversation as well. In addition to this, the
secondary research can involve the focus on the earlier studies or research which is already
made. Furthermore, the review procedure is being used to undertake for an elucidation of the
data.
DISSERTATION OUTLINE
The outline of the dissertation will involve the impact of social media over the young
generation's mind. The social media can negatively influence the teens, can distracting them,
more exposing towards bullying, disrupting their sleep as well and many more. The young
people should be more clear on the aim of using the social media as well as how long they are on
the online as well as can make it benefit towards personal as well as the social networking aim.
In this, the social media as well as the digital technology has played an essential part in how the
young people can maintain as well as end the relationship.
EXPECTATIONS OR CHALLENGES
The challenges which are generally faced while conducting the research on the provided
topic such as impact on social media on a young mind within UK. While conducting the
research, there is lack in some of the regions such as inadequate data resources, facing
difficulties in gathering the information over the provided topic. In addition to this, there are also
challenges which are being faced during the research such as not having much relevant
information regarding to the data, increased financial costing and many more. And, to further
research in the future prospect, there is need to consider some of these such points so that
researchers does not face issues or challenges while conducting the research on specific topics.

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