The impact of social network sites on mental health: distinguishing active from passive use
Journal article
Social media
Active social media use
Passive social media use
Mental health
summary:
Social network sites are part of modern life. With over 2.7 billion monthly active users, Facebook is the most popular social network site, though Instagram is rapidly catching up (particularly among adolescents and young adults), with over one billion monthly active users. Other widespread social network sites include Twitter and LinkedIn. Worldwide, people spend on average more than two hours on social network sites each day, sharing billions of messages1.