The social psychologist Jonathan Haidt warns social media is fueling a mental health crisis.
Marc Novicoff is an associate editor at the Washington Monthly and a freelance writer. He has worked for POLITICO Magazine and Slow Boring.
Because, in addition to the correlational evidence, which is very consistent, there are also longitudinal studies that allow us to infer causality. And most importantly, there are true experiments.— we have a review called “Social media and mental health, a collaborative review.” What we have is 34 studies that suggest a causal effect. And there are 21 studies that show no effect, but here’s the thing, the studies that show no effect, they take measurements a day or a week apart.
But over the next few years, Instagram becomes very popular. The front-facing camera comes out in 2010. So now photographs are much more of yourself. Most people get high-speed internet, most people get an unlimited data plan. And video games get much more immersive with multiplayer online games that thrive on the high-speed internet.
Let’s take video games. Boys love video games. Almost all boys play video games. Do you think that boys would suffer if they were limited to playing an hour a day on weekdays and two hours a day on weekends? Would that be a harm compared to say three or four hours a day?In the early 2010s, when kids were moving their social lives online, we thought.
A healthy democratic society requires some degree of shared facts and some degree of trust in institutions and some degree of trust in each other. And all of that is declining for many reasons, but one of them is the rise of social media. The social construction of reality turns into a million tiny fragments on social media.
They are two separate issues. I believe social media harm girls more because social media offers the lure of social connection in a way that appeals to girls, but then it literally blocks quality social connections. So it harms girls more than boys. If your child can get to a computer that is connected to the internet, they can open as many Instagram and TikTok accounts as they want. You’ll never know. Parents are in an impossible situation.
Yes, I’m thrilled. I had largely given up hope on the U.S. Congress. It caused a problem and then walked away from it. And so I am thrilled that this bill has legs. I don’t favor banning companies. But I’m horrified that the most influential platform on American children by far is a company that is legally bound to do what the Chinese Communist Party wants it to do. That is literally what Chinese law says.
I think Instagram caused the most damage for the first eight years of this new era. From 2012 to 2020, when we see the huge increases for girls, I think Instagram is the single platform that contributed the most to girls’ declining mental health.
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