Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The impact of social media on mental health has been widely debated, with particular focus on its role in deteriorating mental well-being among younger generations. Since the advent of Web 2.0 in 1999, attention spans have significantly decreased—from 12 seconds in millennials to just 8.25 seconds in Gen Z by 2015, a figure now shorter than that of a goldfish. This may become a very alarming issue with the proliferation of Web 3.0 and highly sophisticated algorithms of social media platforms. It presents research on how India's increase in cases of mental disorders is interrelated with increased internet usage on social media. There are 104 respondents to give data with the aid of a questionnaire that has proven to be compact and reflective across generations.
Authors: Diksha, Varinder Kaur Attri
Institution: Guru Nanak Dev University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4407817410