There is a growing belief that social media is a “socially destructive” tool that can undermine a person’s sense of self-worth.
Social media is increasingly used as a tool of self expression and is a tool that is used by individuals in a way that is “inherently harmful to the individual”.
In a recent interview with BBC Radio 5 Live’s World Service, psychologist, author and author of Social Media Addiction: How to Fix Your Relationship With It, Dr Sarah Jones, said social media was “sadly a very powerful tool for narcissists”.
“There’s a whole range of ways that people can use it to manipulate people,” she said.
“If someone is a narcissist and is using Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, they can be very successful at it.”
“If you’re using a mobile phone or an email, you’re going to be using a lot more of it, because there are so many different apps.”
I think what is particularly dangerous is that there is a whole lot of people that are not aware of what they’re doing.
Dr Jones told 5 Live that social networking could be a powerful tool to help people with a range of mental health issues.””
If people are feeling insecure and have a sense of being out of control, they might actually turn to Facebook, because it’s a way of escaping that, because that’s what they know they have to do to get to the top,” she explained.
Dr Jones told 5 Live that social networking could be a powerful tool to help people with a range of mental health issues.
“We know from the work of the American Psychiatric Association that a person who is social connected, has a lot of friends, and is able to access the world, is more likely to be well-adjusted and less likely to develop depression,” she told the programme.
“The idea that there’s a social component to depression, I think that is a myth, because if you get that right, people actually can feel better.”
‘Social media addiction’ is a mental health issue that affects a huge number of people around the world.
Researchers from the University of Chicago found that Facebook and Instagram were used to manipulate and manipulate people in ways that were “invasive, persistent, pervasive and ultimately harmful”.
“They are often used as means to evade or deflect attention from symptoms of social anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders,” Dr Jones said.
In a report published in January, psychologists found that social network addiction was a “significant and persistent problem” for about 10% of those interviewed in a study on Facebook and its use in the workplace.
Dr Jones warned that social anxiety can be “the most common reason for social media use” in many cases.
“It can be a source of anxiety, and it can be used as an excuse to feel insecure,” she added.
But it’s not just Facebook that is being used as “a tool of narcissism”.
Dr Daniel Sperber, from the Centre for Research on Adolescent Mental Health, told the ABC’s Insights program that a “substantial proportion” of Facebook users are being influenced by “adversarial online communities” and “social-based forums”.
“They’re very good at exploiting people, they are very good about manipulating them, and they have very strong relationships with people,” he said.
Dr Sperberg said that social-based forum sites were often used by “narcissists” to manipulate other people, and that they often encouraged people to seek help for problems such as “post-traumatic stress disorder” and alcohol and drug addiction.
“These sites also have a huge amount of power, and a lot that can be done by using them to undermine and control other people,” Dr Sperb said.
But Dr Jones cautioned against making too much of social media addiction.
“[It] isn’t the only thing that’s happening, and we should be cautious of over-generalising the phenomenon,” she warned.
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