Social media 2021

This percentage of teens who use social media have seen bullying online

The average American child receives their first phone at age 10

Fake news spreads _____ x's faster than accurate news on Twitter.

Children and teens who are cyberbullied are _____x's more likely to think about suicide compared to non-bullied peers

The number of countries with political disinformation campaigns doubled on social media in the last ______ years.

High social media use is associated with less life satisfaction

_____ of Facebook users are unaware that their personal interests and political beliefs are sold to advertisers

Falsehoods in fake news are 70% more likely than true news to be retweeted

Positive intermittent reinforcement on social media has been compared to

What percentage of teens say they are addicted to their phones?

Facebook drives 23% of internet traffic

Teens use screens for entertainment _____ hrs/day (does not include screens for school or homework )

80% of teens mistake "sponsored content" ads for real news.

____% of people who joined extremist groups on Facebook did so because algorithms steered them there

The average user has _____ social media accounts.

This percentage of teens say they encounter sexist and homophobic content on social media

The primary goal of social media companies is to make money.

A 5,000 person study found that the more time on social media, the worse_______________ and ____________ health

Every 6.4 seconds a new social media account is created.