Media contributions
1Media contributions
Title Why social media health check must include the Asia-Pacific. Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Radio New Zealand Media type Web Country/Territory New Zealand Date 17/10/23 Description staggering 4.89 billion people around the world use social media - a huge proportion of them young people - as concerns grow about how their online time is affecting health.
Yet while there is plenty of research pointing to how social media content - a lot of it inaccurate - contributes to mental health problems, little of the work looks at the Asia-Pacific, home to most users and growing fast.
Even the work that has been done might not accurately reflect the state of play in developing economies in that region and others in the Global South.URL https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/500366/why-social-media-health-check-must-include-the-asia-pacific Persons Grace Wangge