Open AccessReview of Social-Media Dissociation During COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Anuj Kumar Singh,
Neha Chauhan,
Shailendra Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of innovative science and research technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-2165
DOI - 10.38124/ijisrt20sep247
Subject(s) - social distance , social media , pandemic , social isolation , covid-19 , addiction , distancing , psychology , mental health , sociology , social psychology , criminology , psychiatry , political science , medicine , virology , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
The pervasive mental breakdown of COVID19 with compulsion of social distancing and isolation barricaded the human relation. This calamity has built up new rules in the society for survival of mankind. Compelling technological based interaction through social media as the safest mode of interaction. But excessive social media networking leads addiction, obsession and finally to depression respectively. As proven with previous literature, there is almost 50% surge in social media usage, resulting in three fold enhancement of depression during this pandemic. This review is attempted to emphasis, how excessive social media networking hampers mental well being of the community along with suggestive measure to overcome this issue.