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To What Extent Does Excessive Addiction to Short Videos Affect Teenagers’ Mental Health?
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Abstract
With the update and iteration of network technology, multimedia technology and mobile equipment, the short video industry has developed rapidly and has become the most used network product in the society. It has the characteristics of visualization, fragmentation and facilitation, so that when teenagers need a short rest, they cannot consciously turn on their mobile phones to watch short videos. Over time, they may be immersed in it and enjoy the pleasant leisure and rich knowledge brought by short videos. However, the popularity of short videos has also led to some problems, including overindulgence, easy access to bad information and threats to online security. Through in-depth research and analysis of relevant literature and data, as well as understanding of adolescent mental health, the author finds that over-indulgence in short videos has affected adolescent mental health to a certain extent, such as addiction, distraction, social isolation and other problems. Therefore, targeted suggestions and countermeasures are put forward to guide young people to use short videos rationally. Including personal self-management, family and school education, short video platform supervision and other aspects of measures to reduce teenagers' excessive addiction to short video behavior, in order to promote the healthy growth of teenagers, call on all sectors of society to pay attention to teenagers' excessive addiction to short video may bring mental health problems, promote social attention to this problem and solve.
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short video, mental health, teenagers
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Lin,J. (2024). To What Extent Does Excessive Addiction to Short Videos Affect Teenagers’ Mental Health?. Advances in Social Behavior Research,11,11-18.
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