The Negative Impact of

Social Media

Lucas Clay Drew Greenawalt Stephen Underwood Alex Utter

Social Media

Each and Every Day

100,000 Tweets Sent Twitter

48 hours of video uploaded on YouTube

684,478 pieces of content shared daily on Facebook

3,600 photos are shared on Instagram

Each and Every Day Minute

100,000 Tweets Sent Twitter

48 hours of video uploaded on YouTube

684,478 pieces of content shared daily on Facebook

3,600 photos are shared on Instagram

Each and Every Day Minute Day

144,000,000 Tweets Sent Twitter

69,120 hours of video uploaded on YouTube 2,880 Days or 7.9 Years

985,648,320 pieces of content shared daily on Facebook

5,184,000 photos are shared on Instagram

Whitehall, Floor 2

148 People

139 using a form of technology

112 of the 139 were staring at a screen

42 people were doing homework

96 were clearly using Facebook or Twitter

9 people not using technology

1 was reading a book

5 doing homework

3 talking amongst each other

Need

Social media can cause lower self esteem.

Continued use interferes with one’s productivity.

Can cause a lack of communication skills.

Self-esteem

Continued use causes envy leading to depression.

Bullying

Girls and self-image

Productivity

Reduces productivity and increases procrastination.

Can cause lower grades in students.

Communication

Lowers face to face communication with others.

Affects communication skills.

Importance

As college students we need good self-esteem to build relationships and network for jobs.

We're here to learn and be successful so grades are the most important thing to focus on

Communication is a major skill needed to be successful in the workforce.

Social Media Cut Down

Benefits:

• Better grades in school

• Reduced stress

• Reduce chances of getting in trouble

School Work

Average GPA of an avid social media user:3.06

Average GPA of non-avid user: 3.82

20% lower test grades

Social media: biggest waste of time ahead of fantasy sports and watching TV.

Stress

Trouble

Trouble

Facebook Addiction

Decreasing the amount of Facebook use can bring raise your exam grades by 88%

“A study has found that the exam results of those who used the social networking site while working, even if it was on in the background, were 20 per cent lower than non-users.”

Researchers say the findings undermine the theory that young people's brains are better at multitasking on digital gadgets.

Studies Show

A study surveyed 219 undergraduate and graduate students and found that GPAs of Facebook users typically ranged a full grade point lower than those of nonusers — 3.0 to 3.5 for users versus 3.5 to 4.0 for their non-networking peers.

It also found that 79% of Facebook members did not believe there was any link between their GPA and their networking habits.

• What do you believe?

• Do you feel that it has affected your GPA or grades on exams?

Solution

Reduce the amount of social media usage each day

If this were to happen, one would not be so reliant on the usage of social media.

• Those who choose to cut down their usage would not have to deal with all of the problems that come with it

• When studying for your exam, try and not visit any social media websites while your studying, and then compare your score for that exam to a pervious one.

• Do you think you will see a difference?

• Better or worse?

Wrapping Up

Lower Self-Esteem

• This is due to envy of someone

• Leads to depression

• Cyber-bullying is very common when it comes to social media, which can also lower ones self-esteem

The Benefits of Less

Decreasing the amount of social media usage is guaranteed to increase :

• Exam Grades

• GPA

• Self-esteem

• Happiness (less stress)