The topic my teammate and I have chosen for our inquiry is the effects of digital media on mental health. Through this process, we hope to learn how digital media impacts mental health both positively and negatively. We will gather our information from various sources such as academic articles, podcasts, and YouTube videos. To present our learnings, we have decided to create an infographic which will display our information in a clear way that will be easy for others to follow. We will be using Canva to design our infographic and create a visually appealing paper. Our goal is to learn about the effects on mental health and share this with others in hopes of reducing the harm caused by digital media.
According to Hilbert College (2024), digital media can be represented through video, audio, text, mixed media, images and graphics. This digital media is mostly displayed and shared on social media. Reports from Statista (Dixon, 2024) shows that in 2024, people ages 16-64 across the world spent on average 143 minutes on social media every day. I think any activity that someone partakes in for this much time everyday has a major impact on their mental health.
Our findings thus far have been very interesting and I look forward to continuing this research.
Hilbert College. (2024). 5 types of digital media. https://online.hilbert.edu/blog/types-of-digital-media/
Dixon, S. J. (2024). Daily time spent on social networking by internet users worldwide from 2012 to 2024. Statista. https://www.statista.com/statistics/433871/daily-social-media-usage-worldwide/