Social Media and Youth Mental Health

Examining the influence of social media on children and young people from many different yet interconnected angles, the book draws from the expertise of 41 scholars and clinicians around the world.It explores more than a dozen different aspects of social media as they pertain to youth mental health, including: Representations of sexuality in social mediaDiversity, bullying, and hateful speech on online platformsOnline privacyThe role of agency in media use and mental healthThe effect of media multitasking on developing brainsThe impact of social media on racial, gender, sexual, and class identitiesThe relationship between social media and self-harm and suicide In addition to discussing the valid concerns about the influence of social media on youth mental health, this book explores the potentially positive role that social media can play in clinical applications, devoting a chapter to its possible use both as a method for disseminating psychoeducation and as a component of digital inte