Meghan Smith ’23, Julianna Raho ’23, Julia Burk ’23, and Adam Henschel ’23
Social Media and Mental Health
Julia Burk ’23
Marketing and Psychology major
Adam Henschel ’23
Marketing major
Sociology minor
Meghan Smith ’23
Marketing major
Sociology minor
Julianna Raho ’23
Marketing major
Film minor
Facutly Mentors: Dr. Kevin Newman and Dr. Mark DeFanti, Marketing
We decided to study the negative ramifications of social media use on mental health. Our research problem became why are college aged people overusing social media and what are the consequences of this? We created a 10-minute survey asking questions dealing with one’s personal relationship with social media and their mental health and we collected data from over 100 PC students. We learned through our data collection that most students were actually well-aware of the negative effects of overusing social media, but continued to do so anyways, so we created three insightful and original recommendations for PC students to implement.
