• Ishika Chhatu Chawla
• Nikhil Laxman Daryani
• Ms. Pooja Upadhyay

Today India is in the digital age, we are all connected with the technology at our fingertips with the rapid advancement of technology and innovative devices. In the 21st century, we have all started connecting our lives to the technology around us. Because of such technologies, there is a lot of human interaction with each other using social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, Snapchat, YouTube, etc. and some of the platforms we often use to interact. The great social network becomes the personal social dashboard that is at the center of people’s lives. Human relationships will no longer be physically dependent, and we will befriend people from all over the world and from all walks of life. In a way, social media is a blessing to people today and a curse to some people. If we only look at the positive side of usage, we cannot overlook the negative side like cyberbullying. The most common type of harassment, spreading harsh or hateful comments on others post, spreading false rumors or secrets, and many more. These harsh comments affect a teenager’s mental well-being, which is slowly preventing them from trusting people in today’s real world. These activities can cause psychological problems for the human mind and can cause depression and anxiety in people. They prefer to interact online rather than in the real world, which is starting to attach them to a certain limit. Being online and scrolling through different apps throughout the day has kept them socially isolated. Social media helps individuals to nurture their personality and help them develop and grow. Teens and people can grow on social media if treated with care and maturity. It’s high time we stopped abusing social media and used it responsibly.

"THE EVER-EXPAND.ING SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON THE YOUTHS OF MUMBAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.322-328, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFY06045.pdf

"THE EVER-EXPAND.ING SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECTS ON THE YOUTHS OF MUMBAI", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. pp322-328, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFY06045.pdf