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Brain imaging reveals the truth: Social media friends can't replace real friends

Especially for young people, social media influencers and celebrities create an illusion of closeness, leading to potentially problematic fake friendships. A new study used brain imaging to explore whether the unilateral friendships formed on social media are comparable to real reciprocal friendships.

23 May 2023

Citing a mental health crisis among young people, California lawmakers target social media

Karla Garcia said her son's social media addiction started in fourth grade, when he got his own computer for virtual learning and logged on to YouTube. Now, two years later, the video-sharing site has replaced both schoolwork and the activities he used to love — like composing music or serenading his friends on the piano, she said.

1 Aug 2022

Social Media Addiction News and Research

Brain imaging reveals the truth: Social media friends can't replace real friends

Citing a mental health crisis among young people, California lawmakers target social media

Singaporean study looks at WhatsApp behaviours during COVID-19 pandemic

Technostress linked to addiction for social media platforms

Study of Millennials highlights social media behaviors linked with major depression

Compulsively checking social media could be hurting our brain

New instrument to measure Facebook addiction

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