Is social media behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?

Re:Is social media behind an epidemic of teenage mental illn... by diddypiddy on Sunday March 31, 2024 @05:52PM (#39888392)

The trends in increased mental illness, suicide and the unraveling social fabric pre-date social media. Bowling Alone was written in 2000. These are mostly economic issues manifesting itself in all sorts of negative social ways.

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Re:Is social media behind an epidemic of teenage mental illn... by williamcotton on Sunday March 31, 2024 @06:34PM (#39888721)

But they don’t predate the mass electronic media that began with the radio, television, and into many-to-many computer information systems.

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