{"id":5190,"date":"2025-04-22T22:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:23:40","slug":"the-harmful-impacts-of-social-media-on-australian-adolescents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/csm\/5190\/the-harmful-impacts-of-social-media-on-australian-adolescents\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harmful Impacts Of Social Media On Australian Adolescents"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ChatGPT-Image-Apr-22-2025-10_20_07-PM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail alignleft autoexcerpt_thumb  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/>\nAbstract\n\n\n\nThis paper addresses the question: What effect do filter bubbles created by social media platforms have on adolescents in Australia? As the use of platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube continues to grow rapidly, it is crucial to ensure that these digital spaces remain safe and supportive environments for young people. This paper explores how filter bubbles\u2014created by social media algorithms that personalise content\u2014are shaping the beliefs and behaviours of Australian adolescents <a href=\"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/csm\/5190\/the-harmful-impacts-of-social-media-on-australian-adolescents\/\" class=\"more-link\">...<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract This paper addresses the question: What effect do filter bubbles created by social media platforms have on adolescents in Australia? As the use of platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube continues to grow rapidly, it is crucial to ensure that these digital spaces remain safe and supportive environments for young people. This paper explores how filter bubbles\u2014created by social media algorithms that personalise content\u2014are shaping the beliefs and behaviours of Australian adolescents &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":5191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1384,1383,1382,1304,1329,1328,1310],"class_list":["post-5190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-csm","tag-australia","tag-echo-chambers","tag-filter-bubbles","tag-identity","tag-online-networks","tag-social-change","tag-social-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5192,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions\/5192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/networkconference.netstudies.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}