Author(s)

Ru Wei ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610000

Corresponding Author

Ru Wei

ABSTRACT

Social media is very important to the development of society, but there are big differences on the advantages and disadvantages of social media. This study attempts to evaluate the negative impact of social media, in order to provide a useful reference for social media platforms to reduce the scope of negative impact, and for public institutions to formulate social media management solutions.

KEYWORDS

Social media, Psychological distress, Objectify self-concept, Adverse influence on behaviors

CITE THIS PAPER

Ru Wei. Analysis of negative effects on social media. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2021) 3: 179-181. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2021.030532

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