Psychological effects of following social media platforms (facebook and intagram) regarding COVID-19 news during lockdown in Egypt | ||||
| المجلة العربية لبØوث الاتصال والإعلام الرقمي | ||||
| Article 12, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2022, Page 252-266 PDF (323.16 K) | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajscd.2022.294679 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| أمنية عبدالوهاب | ||||
| Senior Lecturer in Mass communication college –Modern university of technology and information (MTI) Cairo- Egypt /MA Holder (Cairo university-Mass communication school) | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The research investigates the psychological impacts on Egyptian youth resulted from following COVID- 19 news on social media platforms, especially Facebook and Instagram, during the lockdown from March 2020 to July 2020 in Egypt. The research is semi-experimental, where the researcher uses a survey on a purposive sample of 100 subjects of youth from 18 to 40 years old, males and females, after exposing them to selected posts from social media related to the COVID-19 in that specific period. The research results demonstrate a significant psychological effect on youth. Other than the impact of making youth aware of the situation because of following news of coronavirus on these platforms, in that period, following news caused them fear, worry, anxiety, and behavior change, as their usage of social media was growing up in a significant way. Not only fear and worry but also this caused them insomnia and less productivity as well, to the extent that some of them tried to avoid social media to keep their mental health safe from anxiety and worry. Most of the respondents described the posts with the colors red and black, as they clarified that it represents their moods in that period, representing alarming, death, and fear. The study highlights why youth should control their usage of social media and have limited hours of social media exposure as it can affect their psychological health. (psychological effects, social media, youth, social media exposure, COVID-19, ) | ||||
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