Social Media and Mental Health

Key Terms

• Social Media: forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content. (Merriam-Webster)
• Moderation: avoiding extremes of behavior or expression : observing reasonable limits. (Merriam-Webster)
• Mental Health: the general condition of one's mental and emotional state. (Merriam-Webster)
• Depression: a mood disorder marked especially by sadness, inactivity, difficulty in thinking and concentration, a significant increase or decrease in appetite and time spent sleeping, feelings of dejection and hopelessness, and sometimes suicidal tendencies. (Merriam-Webster)