Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mental health and dire consequences: Addiction, cyberbullying, depression, self-harm, and social media -- The darker side of social media for consumer psychology and mental health: A framework and research directions -- Compulsive social media use and disconnection anxiety: Predictors and markers of compulsive and addictive social media consumption -- Social media-fueled fear and anxiety: Social media news and the dark web -- How does fear drive the news of the day?: Examining topic salience during Trump's transition of power -- The dark web: Dark personality traits of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy and exploiting stock markets -- Social media self-discrepancies and unhealthy self-comparisons -- In the mirror, darkly: Negative effects of social media on self-discrepancy and consumer well-being -- The dark side of Instagram of food: The duality of food-related social media posting -- Privacy, artificial intelligence, and vulnerable children on social media -- The dark side of consumer privacy in the age of artificial intelligence -- Examining the issues of social media, children, and privacy: A case study.

"The Darker Side of Social Media: Consumer Psychology and Mental Health takes a research-based, scientific approach to examining problematic issues and outcomes that are related with social media use by consumers. The researchers rely on psychology theory to help explain or predict problematic online behavior within the social media landscape through the lens of mental health. Aspects of mental health covered include disconnection anxiety, addiction to social media or the internet, eating disorders, and depression that may result from social media use or overuse. The book provides a framework in chapter one that maps out the proposed correlations in the context of social media. With an aim to provide solutions, the authors spotlight the key issues affecting consumer well-being and mental health due to the omnipresence of social media and overuse of such. The book dissects the unintended consequences of too much social media use, specifying key problems like disconnection anxiety, eating disorders, online fraud, cyberbullying, the dark web, addiction, depression, self-discrepancies, and serious privacy concerns (especially impacting children or young people). The book provides grapples with mental health disorders ranging from anxiety, depression, self-harm and eating disorders that can be intensified by, or correlated with, too much social media use. The authors meticulously review the various facets of the darker side of online presence and propose actionable solutions for each of the problems stated. The authors provide a conceptual model with propositions that are offered to scholars for continued research. This international exploration of social media is a must read for parents, social media users, scholars/managers of business, marketing, psychology, communication, management, and sociology. Students of marketing, advertising and public relations and those navigating new media platforms will also find this research useful. Last, policy makers and practitioners are encouraged to read these ideas and consider the proposed solutions"-- Provided by publisher.

MTU Cork Module MMED 8032 - Core reading.

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