PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

Hospital marketing

By Dr. Priya Sonavdekar

Excess constantly

checking social networking

status updates or "stalking"

people's profiles.

+Why do you use SNS??

+SNS to which most people are addicted to

+How frequently people use SNS??

Social Networking

Social Networking

Are Virtual communities

Social Networking

Individuals can create public profiles

Social Networking

Meet other people based on shared interest

interact with real-life friends

Social Networking

Currently has more than 800 million users

Over 250 million people access Facebook via their mobile phone

50% of users log on to it everyday

What

Happens

on

Every 60 seconds ??

1,36,000 uploaded photos.

5,10,000 posted comments.

2,93,000 status updates.

HOW ABOUT TWITTER AND OTHER SOCIAL NETWORK?

TWITTER HAS 225,000 USERS .

100 million users are logging in at least once

a month

Nearly 500,000 users are added each day

OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING

SITES

Instagram is an online photo-sharing

video-sharing and

social networking service

Reached

after launched !!!

13 million users

13 months

+

text messaging, users can send each other images, video, and audio media messages. ...

WhatsApp Messenger

+Pros & cons

Its free of cost

You can stay connected 24*7 (pro & con)

+Sleep texting associated with whatsapp

“The line is blurring between wakefulness and sleep.”

+Risk factors for addiction You suffer from anxiety. An anxiety disorder like obsessive-

compulsive disorder may also contribute to excessive email checking on sns and compulsive Internet use.

You are depressed. The Internet can be an escape from feelings of depression. Internet addiction further contributes to stress, isolation and loneliness.

You lack social support. Internet addicts often use social networking sites, instant messaging, or online gaming as a safe way of establishing new relationships and more confidently relating to others.

You’re an unhappy teenager. You might be wondering where you fit in and the Internet could feel more comfortable than real-life friends.

You are less mobile or socially active than you once were. For example, you may be coping with something. Or you may be parenting very young children, which can make it hard to leave the house or connect with old friends.

You are stressed. While some people use the Internet to relieve stress, it can have a counterproductive effect. The longer you spend online, the higher your stress levels will be.

+ Signs of SNS addiction Losing track of time online.

Do you frequently find yourself on the Internet longer than you intended? Does a few minutes turn in to a few hours? Do you get irritated or cranky if your online time is interrupted?

Having trouble completing tasks at work or home. Isolation from family and friends.

Is your social life suffering because of all the time you spend online? Are you neglecting your family and friends? Do you feel like no one in your “real” life—understands you like your online friends?

Feeling guilty or defensive about your Internet use. you hide your Internet use or lie to your family about the amount of time you spend on the computer or mobile devices and what you do while you're online?

Feeling a sense of euphoria while involved in Internet activities. Do you use the Internet as an outlet when stressed, sad or excitement? Have you tried to limit your Internet time but failed?

+Clinical Symptoms of addiction mood modification (i.e., engagement in SNSs leads to a

favorable change in emotional states) Dry eyes or strained vision Back aches and neck aches; severe headaches Sleep disturbances Pronounced weight gain or weight loss Narcissism in nature

You log on to Facebook before you have brushed your teeth in the morning It’s “first” in the morning.

Physical symptoms

UPDATE STATUS WHILE OUT WITH “REAL PEOPLE”

Have more social media

icons in phone than productivity

apps

+You check your Facebook or Twitter updates ‘after’ going to bed

+

You Tweet/chat/update ur status on your mobile while walking on streets

+Physical symptoms When you leave your iPhone/smartfon behind at home

do you feel a sense of loss and isolation because you can’t check your Facebook or Twitter updates

You check your Facebook account 20 times a day

You share everything. -your every thought and wish, personal info, ur current activity

You have more online friends than you have in real life

In Britain, because of negative comment to her photo, a girl put end

to herself.

Addicted person wants to be liked whatever he/she share.

If nobody like it, the person has depression and as a consequence of depression harms himself /herself.

POSIT IVEEFFECTS

BEING

SOCIAL NETWORK

ADDICTION

Better

information

and

access

knowledge

Improved worldawareness

Interactive

involvement

Lower worker productivity.

We will be lifeless zombies in a technological world.Personal Interaction in the real world has been greatly reduced.

+Acknowledge your addiction. Accept the fact that you are addicted and know that you ought to get over this addiction for a better lifestyle.

+

think how much time you would be needing for these activities that you signed up for, be fair to yourself and make a time table with time slots of the various activities you do while online.

Say, 15 minutes for checking and replying to notifications and 10 minutes to update your profile etc.

+Now, stick to this time slot and only use the social networking site when you know that all your days work is done over with

+Delete extra people from your friend list, the more the people, the more vast your news feed, and the more time you spend checking things out while you could be engaging in a useful activity.

+Think about the useful things you could be doing

instead of wasting time on these sites.

+If none of the above works out, take a deep breath, muster your courage and permanently delete your account, remember it's for the best.

Thank you