Virtual Peer Pressure
Keywords:
Social media, Peer pressure, Suicides, Depression, FacebookAbstract
The life these days is running too fast, the men have been replaced by machines, human feelings are now being showcased on internet one of the major replacement of such human replacement in social media, wherein the users make their profiles, friends and chat and share their feelings across. The current study is based on the peer pressure an individual is facing these days due to social media and the consequences for the same. The data has been collected from various reliable published sources like data from National Crime Bureau and other authentic newspapers and websites. It is found that the impact of social media has increased to such an extent that youths are getting into depression and some have even committed suicide over these social media issues. The paper is concluded with some suggestions to the youths as well as the parents on how this pressure can handled.
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