Soziale Medien machen unglücklich

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Die Nutzung sozialer Netzwerke wie Facebook macht junge Menschen nicht sozialer, sondern depressiver, ängstlicher, unzufriedener und einsamer, wie neuere Studien zeigen (Kross et al. 2013, Rosen et al. 2013).

Von Manfred Spitzer im Text Risiken und Nebenwirkungen digitaler Informationstechnik (2016)

While it is true that some research suggests that young people who report higher social media use show slightly lower levels of wellbeing, most of these findings are unreliable and their conclusions might amount to little more than statistical noise.

Von Andrew K.Przybylski, Amy Orben im Text We’re told that too much screen time hurts our kids. Where’s the evidence? (2019)

Viele Studien zeigen, dass das Vorgaukeln perfekter Welten auf unseren digitalen Profilen zu negativen Emotionen bei den Rezipienten der Nachrichten und Bilder führt. Uns wird von anderen Nutzern sozialer Netzwerke immer wieder suggeriert, wie toll deren Leben sind. Zeitgleich empfinden die Betrachter der Bilder/Videos ihr eigenes Leben dann im Vergleich oftmals als wenig spannend und manchmal sogar öde.

Von Christian Montag im Buch Homo Digitalis (2017) im Text Vom Homo Sapiens zum Homo Digitalis auf Seite 7

It’s probably best to retire the idea that the amount of time teens spend on social media is a meaningful metric influencing their wellbeing. There are many good reasons to be sceptical of the role of Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok in our society but it would be a mistake to assume science supports fears that every minute online compromises mental health. In fact, this idea risks trivialising and stigmatising those who struggle with mental health on a daily basis.

Von Andrew K.Przybylski, Amy Orben im Text We’re told that too much screen time hurts our kids. Where’s the evidence? (2019)

Two things can be independently true about social media. First, that there is no evidence that using these platforms is rewiring children’s brains or driving an epidemic of mental illness. Second, that considerable reforms to these platforms are required, given how much time young people spend on them. Many of Haidt’s solutions for parents, adolescents, educators and big technology firms are reasonable, including stricter content-moderation policies and requiring companies to take user age into account when designing platforms and algorithms. Others, such as age-based restrictions and bans on mobile devices, are unlikely to be effective in practice — or worse, could backfire given what we know about adolescent behaviour.

Von Candice L. Odgers im Text The great rewiring, unplugged (2024)

Hundreds of researchers, myself included, have searched for the kind of large effects suggested by Haidt. Our efforts have produced a mix of no, small and mixed associations. Most data are correlative. When associations over time are found, they suggest not that social-media use predicts or causes depression, but that young people who already have mental-health problems use such platforms more often or in different ways from their healthy peers.

These are not just our data or my opinion. Several meta-analyses and systematic reviews converge on the same message. An analysis done in 72 countries shows no consistent or measurable associations between well-being and the roll-out of social media globally. Moreover, findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the largest longterm study of adolescent brain development in the United States, has found no evidence of drastic changes associated with digital-technology use.

Von Candice L. Odgers im Text The great rewiring, unplugged (2024)