SNS; Socially Noxious Stressors I have used one of social networking service (SNS), Instagram from 2 years ago. It is a service that people share a photo or a video with comments and they can follow others to get thier feed. Even though I had begun Instagram to treasure good memories, I felt that I came to care about what other people think about my pictures and want more followers. It made me stressed out and, hesitated before uploading because of others’ eyes. Like me, many college students feel negative using SNS since they get to meet diverse people and experience variously on college stage. Social networking services have gradually decreased human happiness for college students because they create a more socially stressful environment that leads to inferiority and isolation. Social networking services refers to an online platform that users can create public profiles and share their contents such as their interests, images or video etc.
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based on real-life to build social networks and social relations. (What) The first social networking services which existed from 1997-2001 allowed users to have personal spaces and connect friends online. It is evolved the forms of more public like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest that can share with many people all over the world. According to Zephoria, every day, Facebook manages 4.5 billion “Likes”, 4.75 billion content shares, and over 300 million photo uploads. (Zephoria) Despite of the popularity of social networking services, it has generated a lot of side effects for young adult. Young adult using SNS feel inferior easily because people on SNS mainly share only positive things to show off as if they were saying “how well I am living.” (Whitbourne) People feel envious of their friend who shares the posts which they aren’t doing or haven’t done luxurious cuisine, nice body shape or, beautiful faces. It leads SNS users compare themselves to other though they are not real but only one aspect.(The) According to Lim and Yang, there are two forms of social comparison: in upward social comparison, the point of reference is “people who are doing better than you, which leads you to try to figure out how to improve yourself.”(Whitbourne) But, it is likely to have people feel inferior that they can’t make it as much as others do rather than think how to improve themselves. Another comparison refers to downward social comparison “You’re trying to make yourself feel better by seeing how much better you are than everyone else.”(Whitbourne) It causes people to concern what others think every time they post, compare themselves to others who seem better than them on SNS and end up feeling frustrated again. As college students are on construction their self-image or self-consciousness meeting various new people in college, SNS influences on their happiness negatively, which they feels inferior compared to others. (The) Ironically, isolation has occurred among users of Social networking services because basically it is not a real life even though, it encourages people to keep in touch. First, comparison to others causes people to feel isolated because they tend to think they can’t accomplish or possess as much as the other on SNS do. Moreover, since people who want to show off caring about others’ thoughts on SNS maintain making something to show off, they
based on real-life to build social networks and social relations. (What) The first social networking services which existed from 1997-2001 allowed users to have personal spaces and connect friends online. It is evolved the forms of more public like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest that can share with many people all over the world. According to Zephoria, every day, Facebook manages 4.5 billion “Likes”, 4.75 billion content shares, and over 300 million photo uploads. (Zephoria) Despite of the popularity of social networking services, it has generated a lot of side effects for young adult. Young adult using SNS feel inferior easily because people on SNS mainly share only positive things to show off as if they were saying “how well I am living.” (Whitbourne) People feel envious of their friend who shares the posts which they aren’t doing or haven’t done luxurious cuisine, nice body shape or, beautiful faces. It leads SNS users compare themselves to other though they are not real but only one aspect.(The) According to Lim and Yang, there are two forms of social comparison: in upward social comparison, the point of reference is “people who are doing better than you, which leads you to try to figure out how to improve yourself.”(Whitbourne) But, it is likely to have people feel inferior that they can’t make it as much as others do rather than think how to improve themselves. Another comparison refers to downward social comparison “You’re trying to make yourself feel better by seeing how much better you are than everyone else.”(Whitbourne) It causes people to concern what others think every time they post, compare themselves to others who seem better than them on SNS and end up feeling frustrated again. As college students are on construction their self-image or self-consciousness meeting various new people in college, SNS influences on their happiness negatively, which they feels inferior compared to others. (The) Ironically, isolation has occurred among users of Social networking services because basically it is not a real life even though, it encourages people to keep in touch. First, comparison to others causes people to feel isolated because they tend to think they can’t accomplish or possess as much as the other on SNS do. Moreover, since people who want to show off caring about others’ thoughts on SNS maintain making something to show off, they