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Social media is not just about cute animal memes and pictures from stunning vacation destinations. 足彩app哪个是正规的re\u2019s a darker side to these platforms that, from a mental health perspective, can make them nothing short of a minefield. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Young people and children, whose brains are still developing, can be especially vulnerable to mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and body image issues \u2014 issues that may be worsened or even caused by social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who bears the responsibility for mitigating these risks? From a legal standpoint, the answer remains unclear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January 2023, the Seattle Public Schools became the first school district in the nation to file a lawsuit against several social media companies to hold them accountable for the \u201charm caused to students\u2019 social, emotional and mental health.\u201d Since then, more than 50 school districts have joined the suit, and other schools and districts around the country have filed suits of their own. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a team of researchers at the University of Washington Bothell, these cases sparked a new line of research, which they summarize in their recently published article, \u201cMental Health v. Social Media: How U.S. pretrial filings against social media platforms frame and leverage evidence for claims of youth mental health harms<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mental health v. social media<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Nora Kenworthy, a professor in UW Bothell\u2019s School of Nursing & Health Studies<\/a>, has long been interested in how technology intersects with health \u2014 both where it can be used for good, and where it may be causing harm. As a public-school parent, she said the social media lawsuits were significant on both personal and scholarly reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left: Nora Kenworthy, Jacqueline Richards and Kosuke Niitsu at the Capitol Building in Olympia for the 2024 Legislative Education Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

She enlisted one of her students, Jacqueline Richards, a graduate student majoring in Community Health & Social Justice, to be her co-researcher. She then helped Richards prepare the research for publication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Richards, this project was her first time serving as the primary author in a research publication. \u201cI was very excited by this project. Professor Kenworthy was so generous in helping me through this process and providing helpful feedback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love research and doing work in this arena of mental health and technology use is really important to me,\u201d Richards added, noting that she had previously been a peer counselor in high school and double majored in Psychology and in Public Health as an undergraduate at the University of California Berkley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To provide mental health expertise, Kenworthy also invited Dr. Kosuke \u201cKo\u201d Niitsu, SNHS assistant professor and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, to join the team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI work at the Counseling Center here at UW Bothell, and many of my clients are college students who are young adults so I find this research into social media particularly important,\u201d Niitsu said. \u201cThis project has inspired me a lot as well.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 burden of proof<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 research team\u2019s objective was to gain a better understanding of what research was being used in the pre-trial filings and whether it provided causality \u2014 as well as what additional research might help make a case for mental health impacts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 first question was really, how can we as researchers do better to generate research that might be useful in these processes?\u201d Kenworthy said. \u201cWe know that the way you identify and define a problem often leads to specific policy outcomes. This seemed like an important social moment, and we were interested in how that was being framed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 harmful effects of social media are widespread \u2014 from low self-esteem stemming from the \u201cKeeping Up With the Kardashians\u201d phenomenon of comparing oneself to others, to the dangers of having one\u2019s interests pushed to unhealthy extremes by algorithms. As these platforms are also often overrun with misinformation, Niitsu said, they can even chip away at a person\u2019s ability to trust people or information at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While many of the negative mental health impacts of social media are well known, proving population-level causality remains the biggest challenge in holding these platforms accountable, Kenworthy said. \u201cIt’s sort of like studying other health harming industries \u2014 except way harder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs an industry that has impacts on health, one comparison might be the tobacco industry, but if everyone smoked,\u201d she said. \u201cIf everyone in the world was smoking, how do we measure who is being harmed by it and how much? If all of us are living at least some segment of our lives online, then how do we measure things like exposure? Is it the amount of time you spend online? 足彩app哪个是正规的 platforms you use? 足彩app哪个是正规的 type of content and how you interact with it?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A community-based approach<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In their paper, the team concluded that the legally cited research on social media health harms lacks strong causal evidence. 足彩app哪个是正规的y also noted that the lawsuits often overlooked existing research on disproportionate impacts to marginalized groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further research in this area could not only help determine causality, Kenworthy said, but also help provide answers about how best to mitigate the impacts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really hard to establish population-level causality, but as a more qualitative researcher what I\u2019m most interested in is the community-based, youth-driven research that identifies what people\u2019s concerns are and helps them understand how to live in better relationship with technology,\u201d Kenworthy said. \u201cThat\u2019s where I think it\u2019s worth putting our effort.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Added Richards, \u201cSo much of the conversation has been about regulating youth and what youth are doing wrong on the internet. It feels like we\u2019re punishing youth,\u201d she said. \u201cAdults also have mental health problems when it comes to interacting with social media, so it seems like the issue is not just about youth development but a wider-spread problem that needs to be focused back on how the platforms are creating algorithms that are addictive or harmful and spreading content that isn\u2019t healthy.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a clinical standpoint, doing more objective research on the specific mental health impacts could also better support these cases, Niitsu said. \u201cFor example, if we say social media tends to impact attention span, that\u2019s something researchers can actually measure.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What I\u2019m most interested in is the community-based, youth-driven research that identifies what people\u2019s concerns are and helps them understand how to live in better relationship with technology.”<\/p>Dr. Nora Kenworthy, professor, School of Nursing & Health Studies <\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Living with technology<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the harm social media can cause, it\u2019s necessary to remember that social media has positive impacts and that these platforms still provides value for many users, Niitsu said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSocial media can help us connect with each other and provide community where there otherwise wouldn\u2019t be.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenworthy also noted that users can try to limit negative impacts of social media on their mental health. \u201cAs someone who both researches this and tries to be thoughtful about how I am online, I am increasingly aware of how impossible the choices are for where we engage \u2014 and how pulling back or exiting from social media platforms that don\u2019t feel good to us can often be difficult,\u201d she said. \u201cMy plea would be for everyone to be kind to themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost of all, I hope that we will continue to find ways to support each other \u2018IRL,\u2019 not just mediated by platforms.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already, Kenworthy and Richards have begun work on their next research project, which examines how people with chronic illnesses and disabilities use digital technologies as a form of care. Richards said she then hopes to work in a research institute after she graduates in June. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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