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INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AMONG YOUTH A CASE STUDY OF INSTAGRAM

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).14      10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).14      Published : Sep 2020

Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram

Abstract

    This study investigates the role of Instagram causing psychological distress among youth. Instagram is an application through which a person can share photos online and edit them by using different filters that are also available within the application. It is a social networking service that provides a platform to a person to share their images easily with their friends or followers. Understanding the impact of Instagram on youth's well-being has become a priority due to a simultaneous increase in mental health problems. The researcher applied the theory of social comparison. The researcher used the quantitative methodology to obtain results which were further analyzed statistically. Data was collected from 250 respondents using the survey as a tool for data gathering. The general findings of the study show Instagram causes psychological distress among youth. It also highlighted the kind of posts and stories that caused is tress among youth.

    Instagram, Psychological Distress, Social Media, Survey, FOMO, Social Comparison Theory

    (1) Rao Shahid Mahmood
    Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Bilal Nawaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab
    (3) Arsha Saleem Meer
    Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Mahmood, R. S., Nawaz, M. B., & Meer, A. S. (2020). Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram. Global Sociological Review, V(III), 124-129. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).14

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Mahmood, Rao Shahid, Muhammad Bilal Nawaz, and Arsha Saleem Meer. 2020. "Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram." Global Sociological Review, V (III): 124-129 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).14

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MAHMOOD, R. S., NAWAZ, M. B. & MEER, A. S. 2020. Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram. Global Sociological Review, V, 124-129.

MHRA

    MHRA : Mahmood, Rao Shahid, Muhammad Bilal Nawaz, and Arsha Saleem Meer. 2020. "Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram." Global Sociological Review, V: 124-129

MLA

    MLA : Mahmood, Rao Shahid, Muhammad Bilal Nawaz, and Arsha Saleem Meer. "Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram." Global Sociological Review, V.III (2020): 124-129 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Mahmood, Rao Shahid, Nawaz, Muhammad Bilal, and Meer, Arsha Saleem (2020), "Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram", Global Sociological Review, V (III), 124-129

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Mahmood, Rao Shahid, Muhammad Bilal Nawaz, and Arsha Saleem Meer. "Influence of Social Media on Psychological Distress Among Youth: A Case Study of Instagram." Global Sociological Review V, no. III (2020): 124-129. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2020(V-III).14