Comparison and social media have been enter-twined for a long time now. Users have been unhappy with their life, because in comparison to the people they follow, it appears lack-luster. What most users don’t realize is that although peoples lives seem wildly adventurous, social media isn’t an accurate depiction of people’s day-to-day lives. This article discusses the issue of social media and life satisfaction among adolescents; using large-scale representative panel data to disentangle the between-person and within-person relations of social media and users’ well-being.
This article goes in depth about the research presented in the past; and how this article’s research differs from that, in a way that grants data with higher accuracy. Going in depth on the research data, procedures, and results, this article is extremely helpful when it comes to gaining a better understanding of the real-world data surrounding this issue.
LIS 4022 Spring 2020 