Social media is cultivated to be an impelling habit; it can be a fruitful source for laughter and social connection, but it can also entice addiction and or mental health consequences. According to a peer-reviewed research article about the effects of social comparison orientation (SCO) on social media use, research data suggests that those with higher SCO associated with "lower trait self-perceptions, lower state self-esteem, and more negative balance than did their low-SCO counterparts" (Vogel, Rose, Okdie, Eckles, and Franz, 2015, p. 253). This website will dissect the correlation between social media use and mental health and what to can do deter mental illness.

 

By Group 18: Emma, Alicia, Rainier, Greg, Brandon