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Social Media Negatively Affecting Young People’s Body Image: Study

Social Media Negatively Affecting Young People’s Body Image: Study
A woman looks at social networking applications on her cellphone in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on March 22, 2018. Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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1/4/2023|Updated: 1/11/2023
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Social media is driving children and young adults to have a low sense of self-worth and be dissatisfied with their appearances, according to a study published by London-based mental health charity stem4 on Jan. 3.
“Social media is definitely negatively affecting me. As young people, we constantly compare ourselves to good-looking people online. On sites like TikTok, the only people you see are gorgeous due to the algorithms and that makes us feel really bad about ourselves,” said a young person who was quoted in the study (pdf).
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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