PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTH IN INDIA

 

By JOBIN KAIYAM PARAMBIL  ISSAC

Social media is growing as the most relevant part of people's lives in the 21st Century. The Internet has taken over a major portion of youth's schedules and social media is one of the reasons why youngsters seem glued to their phones. Though there is no factor that suggests that the usage of social media is limited to youngsters, it is of course more popular among people belonging to the age group of 15-30 years. While the role of social media as a catalyst to bring change cannot be denied, it has brought too many of ill- effects along that are too significant to ignore. The utility of anything can be judged on the basis of the purposes it serves, keeping into consideration its negative impacts, if any. Such is the case of social media. It is a vast platform that serves entertainment and communication, and is a vast ocean of knowledge and information. There are a number of factors about social media that works together to make it an advanced and better form of media as compared to conventional forms of media. Consumption of the content of any form of media has its own implications and this holds true in the case of social media too. The popularization of social media has caused some noticeable changes in the attitudes and lifestyles of youth in India, both good and bad kinds. The research will study the positive and negative psychological impacts of social media on the Indian youth.


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