Illuminating muscle memory's sinister side: a social media case study

Summary: Researchers are concerned about the impact of social media on user well-being. By using HCI tools to study Facebook, they found connections between online privacy and user behavior, as well as changes in behavior and mental health issues caused by privacy concerns.

Summary: This study found a direct unidirectional association between social media use problems and mental health, with social media use problems being linked to decreased mental health one year later, but not vice versa. Social media use problems also predicted increased levels of upward social comparisons and cyber victimization one year later, though these processes did not mediate the observed effect on decreased mental health. Over time, social media use intensity and mental health were not associated in any direction, either directly or indirectly through any mediators.