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Connection, Creativity and Drama: Teen Life on Social Media in 2022
More teens say social media has had a negative effect on people their age than on them, personally
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- Connection, Creativity and Drama: Teen Life on Social Media in 2022
- Majorities of teens say social media provides them with a space for connection, creativity and support …
- Teen girls more likely than teen boys to say social media has made them feel overwhelmed by drama, excluded by friends or worse about their life
- More teens say social media has had a negative effect on people their age than on them, personally
- Only a minority of teens say their parents are extremely or very worried about their social media use
- Few teens engaged in online activism in past year; Democratic teens are more likely to have done so than Republicans
- Few teens view social media as extremely or very important to them personally when it comes to finding new viewpoints, but this varies by political affiliation
- A majority of teens feel as if they have little to no control over their data being collected by social media companies …
- Teens who see social media as a positive for all teens more likely to report positive personal experiences
- Among teens, Democrats more likely than Republicans to see social media as extremely or very important for finding new viewpoints
- Teen girls more likely than teen boys to say social media has made them feel overwhelmed by drama, excluded by friends or worse about their life
- Teens who see social media as a positive for all teens more likely to report positive personal experiences