If you think social media is stressing you out, think again….i think.
A new study from Pew Research Center found that the use of social media doesn’t add stress to people’s daily lives, but the news we see from friends does.
The study showed that posts and events you’re exposed to on social media platforms like Facebook and twitter from your friends is what actually increases the stress levels.
There are circumstances under which the social use of digital technology increases awareness of stressful events in the lives of others. The relationship between stress and social media use is indirect. It is the social uses of digital technologies, and the way they increase awareness of distressing events in others’ lives, that explains how the use of social media can result in users feeling more stress.
Oh well, i guess it’s time to go on an “unfriending” campaign, Sigh.
Read the full study here and let us know what do you think. Does it make sense to you?
