About this episode

The episode discusses how teens use Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok, highlighting their self-reported perceptions of mental health impacts and issues related to bullying and harassment.

Teens are using Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok in different ways but research finds that most teens self-report that it has no positive or negative impact on mental health though there are issues regarding bullying and harassment.

People in this episode

Host: Larry Magid

Topics covered

• social media
• teen behavior
• mental health
• bullying
• harassment

Keywords

• teens
• Snapchat
• Instagram
• TikTok
• mental health
• bullying
• harassment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok

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