It’s common to read or hear stories in the media about the negative impact that social networking sites like Facebook and Instagram and Twitter are having on society generally, but younger people in particular. After all, younger people are generally the highest volume users and increasingly, they have little experience of a world without social media.
But I came across an interesting bit of information while reading the 2015 Report of the annual Australian Unity Wellbeing Index, What makes us happy? It is the culmination of 15 years of surveys of ordinary Australians’ attitudes towards happiness and wellbeing.
The report finds that people’s wellbeing remains within ‘the normal range’ right across the spectrum, regardless of whether people say they spend no time on social media or spend more than one hour a day.
However, there was one exception. People who say they spend about 30 minutes each day on social media, have a level of wellbeing slightly above the normal range.
Read more here.
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