MIT Sloan News September 14, 2022
Why It Matters
Researchers found a significant link between the presence of Facebook and increases in anxiety and depression among college students.
Mark Zuckerberg launched TheFacebook at Harvard University in February 2004. Days later, 650 students had made accounts. Today, there are roughly two billion daily active users.
Concurrent with Facebook’s meteoric expansion has been growing concern over the mental well-being of adolescents and young adults. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, the suicide rate among 10- to 24-year-olds was stable from 2000 to 2007; it then increased 57% between 2007 and 2017.
Given these parallel trends, it’s important to understand the relationship between mental health and technology use, especially how youths use social media. But...
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