"Arrr! A mighty swell o' scallywags be gettin' tangled in the nets of this cursed social media, says the wise sages!"
2024-09-25
Ahoy mateys! A grand survey o' nearly 280,000 young scallywags reveals a spike in troublesome social media frolickin' since the plague hit! From 7% to 11%, these rascals be more hooked than a fish on a line! England, Scotland, and Wales be chartin' the course fer trouble!
Arrr, me hearties! Gather 'round, fer I bring ye tidings from the high seas o' academia! A mighty crew o' researchers set sail across 44 lands, surveyin' nearly 280,000 wee scallywags aged 11, 13, and 15. They be searchin' fer the truth 'bout the treacherous waters o' social media usage since the foul plague set sail upon the world!Lo and behold, they found a sharp rise in what they be callin' "problematic" use o' social media among the young'uns. Aye, in the year of our captain 2022, a towering 11% of them rascals were caught up in the digital whirlpool, comparin' it to just 7% back in the year of 2018, when the seas were calmer, and folks were less bewitched by their screens!
England, Scotland, and Wales, those fair isles, all recorded their share o' troublesome tendencies, makin' the researchers scratch their heads and wonder if the scourge of social media be a sea monster o' our times! So, hold fast, ye young buccaneers, and beware the siren call of 'likes' and 'shares', lest ye find yerselves lost in a digital tempest with no way back to solid ground!