The study provides evidence of a growing backlash among young
people who wish social media did not exist due to negative aspects such as
online abuse and fake news. In assessing students’ opinions on social media, a survey
of 5,000 students was conducted by Digital Awareness UK at various schools in
England. According to the study, such negative perceptions of social media were
due to the impacts it had on the emotional wellbeing of participants. Two
thirds of schoolchildren in this study said they would be happy if social media
had never been invented, and 71 percent said they had taken temporary digital
detoxes to escape it. Nearly half of the participants mentioned receiving
abusive comments online. Roughly half of the participants also admitted to
being on the edge of addiction and that social media lowered their self-images.
Many young people are rebelling against having constant social media access by
adopting the outdated “brick” phones that are no longer widely used.
Robertson, C. (2017).
Tech control of your future on special media. Paper presented at Headmasters’
and Headmistresses’ Conference, Belfast, Oct. 2-5. http://www.hmc.org.uk/blog/young-people-rebelling-social-media-survey-reveals/
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