Why some 13 year olds check social media

“Why some 13 -year -olds check social media 100 times a day”

"I would rather not eat for a week than get my phone taken away. It's really bad, " said Gia, a 13 -year-old. "I literally feel like I'm going to die. " Gia participated in "#Being 13: Inside the Secret World of Teens, " a first-of-its-kind study on social media and teens. More than 200 eighth graders from across the country allowed their social media feeds to be studied by child development experts. Participating students, with the permission of their parents, opened up their Instagram, Twitter and Facebook accounts for researchers to view for roughly six months. This is the first large scale study to analyze what kids actually say to each other on social media and why it matters so deeply to them. "We see a lot of evidence of, if not out-right addiction to social media, a heavy dependence on it, " said co-author Robert Faris. "There's a lot of anxiety about what's going on online, when they're not actually online, so that leads to compulsive checking. ” The more teens look at social media, the study found, the more distressed they can become. The heaviest social media users admitted to checking their social media feeds more than 100 times a day, sometimes even during school hours. What's more, some teens are so vigilant about those who might be casting them in a negative light, they follow the social media accounts of not only their friends, but also their enemies.

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