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Schools engaged in doom-monitoring students’ online interactions and content creation: an analysis of dominant media discourses

Mar 23, 2023

Concern about young people’s internet use is understandable, but do schools have the right to doom-monitor student’s online activities? This paper explores the issue. Kikerpill, K., & Siibak, A. (2023). Schools engaged in ...

<strong>The tic in TikTok and (where) all systems go: mass social media induced illness and Munchausen’s by internet as explanatory models for social media associated abnormal illness behavior</strong>

The tic in TikTok and (where) all systems go: mass social media induced illness and Munchausen’s by internet as explanatory models for social media associated abnormal illness behavior

Feb 16, 2023

Contagion-related social media-associated abnormal illness behaviour may explain how illnesses such as Dissociative Identity Disorder and Tourette Syndrome spread via Tik Tok. Giedinghagen, A. (2023). The tic in TikTok and (where) all systems go: ...

Problematic social media use and its relationship with depression or anxiety: a systematic review

Dec 6, 2022

Problematic social media use and its relationship with depression or anxiety: a systematic review Gender and duration of social media use may be related to its effect on anxiety and depression, as described in this systematic review. Lopes, L. ...

The psychological consequences of envying influencers on Instagram

Dec 6, 2022

The psychological consequences of envying influencers on Instagram This interesting article examines a contemporary phenomenon of influencers and finds that while social media influencers may improve well-being in those with good self-esteem via i...

How Parents and Their Children Used Social Media and Technology at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Anxiety

Apr 14, 2021

Michelle Drouin, Brandon T. McDaniel, Jessica Pater, and Tammy Toscos. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. Nov 2020.727-736. Children and parents who used more social media and technology at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic experie...

Online harms or benefits? An ethnographic analysis of the positives and negatives of peer‐support around self‐harm on social media

Aug 6, 2020

Lavis, A., & Winter, R. (2020). # Online harms or benefits? An ethnographic analysis of the positives and negatives of peer‐support around self‐harm on social media. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry. This study explores the reas...