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Making headlines: Young people’s social media use and navigating media narratives

Jade Davies headshotJo Hickman Dunne headshotLouise Black headshot By Jade Davies, Margarita Panayiotou, Jo Hickman Dunne and Louise Black Filed Under: All posts Posted: June 9, 2025

As social media use amongst young people increases, evidence points toward both positive outcomes such as social connection and access to information and possible risks such as cyberbullying and exposure to distressing content. Research suggests that media outlets tend to frame social media as having an overwhelmingly negative effect on young people, especially in relation […]

Tagged With: Children & Young People, digital, media, mental health, MIE, schools, social media, students, Youth mental health

Social media and mental health: Can we trust what we’re being told?

By Margarita Panayiotou Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Care Posted: May 19, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent lockdown initiated in much of the world, has highlighted the crucial role of social media in social connectivity and news dissemination. In this blog, from our publication On Digital Trust, Dr Margarita Panayiotou explores whether social media is as bad for our mental health as we are led to […]

Tagged With: children's mental health, digital, mental health, mental health awareness week, MHAW20, MIE, OnDigitalTrust, public health, social media, technology, Youth mental health

Don’t panic! Keep calm and help young people to benefit from social media

By Neil Humphrey and Margarita Panayiotou Filed Under: Digital Futures, Health and Social Care Posted: February 7, 2019

In our final blog for Children’s Mental Health Week, Professor Neil Humphrey and Dr Margarita Panayiotou discuss mental health and social media. A causal link between young people’s use of digital technologies and their subsequent experience of mental health difficulties has not been proven. Social media can have both positive and negative effects on mental […]

Tagged With: #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, #SDG, #SDG Good Health and Well-Being, Children & Young People, children's mental health, CMHW, digital, Digital Futures, Health & Social Care, mental health, MIE, screen time, social media, World Mental Health Day, Youth mental health

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