Social media re: dating, multitasking, and mental health

Social Media re:

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Dating Multitasking

Mental Health

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Social Media use is rampant, but how does it affect us?

Social Media and Mental Healthh"p://bit.ly/2ekANyW

Teens who use social media for 2+ hours a day, report mental health issues, psychological distress, suicidal ideaTon1.

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Social Media is used as a coping strategy for youth who feel isolated and alone2.


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Millennials are digital natives prone to multitasking

They can do work, browse the web, and date simultaneously

Growing up in the digital age has lead to being able to cope with multiple media platforms at once1


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Social media is used to share photos, videos, personal updates, and news

Facebook and Twitter users are increasingly using the social networks as news sources3

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Of both Facebook and Twitter users said they use their platforms to access news363%

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Twitter and Facebook have both developed instant news platforms.

Project Lightning5 :•  Twitter•  Show various events

taking place around the world.

•  Focus on breaking news and ongoing events.

•  Creating an experience.

Instant Replay4

•  Facebook•  News organizations can

create fast content•  Publishers can create

interactive news articles

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Easy all-‐access to the news is a facet of the growing trend of instant graTficaTon.

Millennials love anything instant. Even dating.

The instant gratification trend is troublesome when it concerns people.

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Romance in the Tinder Age

How the digitalization of dating has lead to romance becoming a game of “left-right”

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Are you on Tinder?

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Tinder allows people to swipe left or right depending on if they find the other person attractive, turning dating in a game.

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The majority of Tinder users range from students to young adults, millennials.

How does Tinder contribute to the social media sphere?

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Tinder allows people to judge people others based on their looks6

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Tinder has facilitated the spread of STIs and STDs7

Tinder allows people to have a “sample size” of dating, allowing them to swipe through hundreds of people a week vs 2-3 people a month8

7: Retrieved from h"ps://techcrunch.com/2015/10/11/on-‐Tnder-‐hookup-‐culture-‐and-‐talking-‐about-‐sex/

8: Retrieved from h"p://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/opinions/robbins-‐Tnder-‐online-‐daTng/

Works Cited

Reddy, S. (2014, Oct 13). Teen researchers defend media mulTtasking; doing homework with music, texts, tweets works be"er for some. Wall Street Journal (Online) Retrieved from h"p:// search.proquest.com.proxy.queensu.ca/docview/1610794735?accounTd=6180

Payne, E. (2015, Aug 08). Teens' poor mental health linked to social media use. The O3awa Ci6zen Retrieved from h"p://search.proquest.com.proxy.queensu.ca/docview/1702249271?accounTd=6180

Lichterman, J. (2015, July 14). New Pew data: More Americans are getting news on Facebook and Twitter. Neiman Lab. doi:10.1075/ps.5.3.02chi.audio.2f

Honan, M. (2015, June 18). This Is Twi"er’s Top Secret Project Lightning. Retrieved from This Is Twi"er’s Top Secret Project Lightning h"ps://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/twi"ers-‐top-‐secret-‐project-‐lightning-‐revealed? utm_term=.awjBBgPZXN#.dyxQQ35zq4.

Benton, J. (2015, May 13). Facebook's Instant ArTcles are live: Either a shrewd movie move by publishers -‐ or feeding the Borg. Neiman Lab. Retrieved from h"p://www.niemanlab.org/2015/05/facebooks-‐instant-‐arTcles-‐are-‐live-‐either-‐a-‐ shrewd-‐mobile-‐move-‐by-‐publishers-‐or-‐feeding-‐the-‐borg/

Sales, N. J. (2015, August 6). Tinder and Hookup-Culture Promotion | Vanity Fair. Retrieved from http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/08/tinder-hook-up-culture-end-of-dating

Gurfinkel, J. (2015, October 11). On Tinder, “Hookup Culture” And Talking About Sex | TechCrunch. Retrieved from h"ps:// techcrunch.com/2015/10/11/on-‐Tnder-‐hookup-‐culture-‐and-‐talking-‐about-‐sex/

Robbins, M. (2015, August 18). Has Tinder replaced daTng with hookup culture? -‐ CNN.com. Retrieved from h"p:// www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/opinions/robbins-‐Tnder-‐online-‐daTng/index.html

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