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Teen perspectives on negative effects of social media in the United States 2018

Leading reasons why teenagers in the United States feel that social media has a mostly negative effect on people their own age as of April 2018

The data displays the leading reasons why teenagers in the U.S. feel that social media has a mostly negative effect on people their own age as of April 2018. The findings show that 27% of surveyed U.S. teens feel that the most negative effect of social people on people their age is bullying and/or rumor spreading.

Bullying/rumor spreading	27
Harms relationships/lack of in-person contact	17
Unrealistic view of others' lives	15
Causes distractions/addiction	14
Peer pressure	12
Causes mental health issues	4
Drama, in general	3
Other	12

Teen perspectives on negative effects of social media in the United States 2018

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