CINXE.COM

<!doctype html>      <html class="no-js" lang="en-US">  <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width, initial-scale=1, user-scalable=yes' /> <link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" /> <link rel="pingback" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/xmlrpc.php" /> <meta name='robots' content='index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1' /> <meta property="og:type" content="article"> <meta property="og:title" content="Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline"> <meta property="og:site_name" content="digitalhub US"> <meta property="og:description" content="By Joseph Staples // SWNS NEWS COPY W/ VIDEO + INFOGRAPHIC Three in four Gen Zers are putting the blame"> <meta property="og:url" content="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/"> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="539"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1280"> <meta property="article:published_time" content="2024-08-16T08:01:21-04:00"> <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2024-08-14T16:27:12-04:00"> <meta property="article:tag" content="gen z"> <meta property="article:tag" content="generations"> <meta property="article:tag" content="health"> <meta property="article:tag" content="LG Electronics"> <meta property="article:tag" content="social media"> <meta property="article:tag" content="social media platforms"> <meta property="article:tag" content="Talker"> <meta property="article:tag" content="Talker Research"> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="By Joseph Staples // SWNS NEWS COPY W/ VIDEO + INFOGRAPHIC Three in four Gen Zers are putting the blame"> <meta name="twitter:url" content="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/"> <meta name="twitter:site" content=""> <meta name="twitter:image:src" content="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg"> <meta name="twitter:image:width" content="1280"> <meta name="twitter:image:height" content="539"> <script type="text/javascript"> var jnews_ajax_url = '/us/?ajax-request=jnews' </script> <script type="text/javascript">;window.jnews=window.jnews||{},window.jnews.library=window.jnews.library||{},window.jnews.library=function(){"use strict";var e=this;e.win=window,e.doc=document,e.noop=function(){},e.globalBody=e.doc.getElementsByTagName("body")[0],e.globalBody=e.globalBody?e.globalBody:e.doc,e.win.jnewsDataStorage=e.win.jnewsDataStorage||{_storage:new WeakMap,put:function(e,t,n){this._storage.has(e)||this._storage.set(e,new Map),this._storage.get(e).set(t,n)},get:function(e,t){return this._storage.get(e).get(t)},has:function(e,t){return this._storage.has(e)&&this._storage.get(e).has(t)},remove:function(e,t){var n=this._storage.get(e).delete(t);return 0===!this._storage.get(e).size&&this._storage.delete(e),n}},e.windowWidth=function(){return e.win.innerWidth||e.docEl.clientWidth||e.globalBody.clientWidth},e.windowHeight=function(){return e.win.innerHeight||e.docEl.clientHeight||e.globalBody.clientHeight},e.requestAnimationFrame=e.win.requestAnimationFrame||e.win.webkitRequestAnimationFrame||e.win.mozRequestAnimationFrame||e.win.msRequestAnimationFrame||window.oRequestAnimationFrame||function(e){return setTimeout(e,1e3/60)},e.cancelAnimationFrame=e.win.cancelAnimationFrame||e.win.webkitCancelAnimationFrame||e.win.webkitCancelRequestAnimationFrame||e.win.mozCancelAnimationFrame||e.win.msCancelRequestAnimationFrame||e.win.oCancelRequestAnimationFrame||function(e){clearTimeout(e)},e.classListSupport="classList"in document.createElement("_"),e.hasClass=e.classListSupport?function(e,t){return e.classList.contains(t)}:function(e,t){return e.className.indexOf(t)>=0},e.addClass=e.classListSupport?function(t,n){e.hasClass(t,n)||t.classList.add(n)}:function(t,n){e.hasClass(t,n)||(t.className+=" "+n)},e.removeClass=e.classListSupport?function(t,n){e.hasClass(t,n)&&t.classList.remove(n)}:function(t,n){e.hasClass(t,n)&&(t.className=t.className.replace(n,""))},e.objKeys=function(e){var t=[];for(var n in e)Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e,n)&&t.push(n);return t},e.isObjectSame=function(e,t){var n=!0;return JSON.stringify(e)!==JSON.stringify(t)&&(n=!1),n},e.extend=function(){for(var e,t,n,o=arguments[0]||{},i=1,a=arguments.length;i<a;i++)if(null!==(e=arguments[i]))for(t in e)o!==(n=e[t])&&void 0!==n&&(o[t]=n);return o},e.dataStorage=e.win.jnewsDataStorage,e.isVisible=function(e){return 0!==e.offsetWidth&&0!==e.offsetHeight||e.getBoundingClientRect().length},e.getHeight=function(e){return e.offsetHeight||e.clientHeight||e.getBoundingClientRect().height},e.getWidth=function(e){return e.offsetWidth||e.clientWidth||e.getBoundingClientRect().width},e.supportsPassive=!1;try{var t=Object.defineProperty({},"passive",{get:function(){e.supportsPassive=!0}});"createEvent"in e.doc?e.win.addEventListener("test",null,t):"fireEvent"in e.doc&&e.win.attachEvent("test",null)}catch(e){}e.passiveOption=!!e.supportsPassive&&{passive:!0},e.setStorage=function(e,t){e="jnews-"+e;var n={expired:Math.floor(((new Date).getTime()+432e5)/1e3)};t=Object.assign(n,t);localStorage.setItem(e,JSON.stringify(t))},e.getStorage=function(e){e="jnews-"+e;var t=localStorage.getItem(e);return null!==t&&0<t.length?JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(e)):{}},e.expiredStorage=function(){var t,n="jnews-";for(var o in localStorage)o.indexOf(n)>-1&&"undefined"!==(t=e.getStorage(o.replace(n,""))).expired&&t.expired<Math.floor((new Date).getTime()/1e3)&&localStorage.removeItem(o)},e.addEvents=function(t,n,o){for(var i in n){var a=["touchstart","touchmove"].indexOf(i)>=0&&!o&&e.passiveOption;"createEvent"in e.doc?t.addEventListener(i,n[i],a):"fireEvent"in e.doc&&t.attachEvent("on"+i,n[i])}},e.removeEvents=function(t,n){for(var o in n)"createEvent"in e.doc?t.removeEventListener(o,n[o]):"fireEvent"in e.doc&&t.detachEvent("on"+o,n[o])},e.triggerEvents=function(t,n,o){var i;o=o||{detail:null};return"createEvent"in e.doc?(!(i=e.doc.createEvent("CustomEvent")||new CustomEvent(n)).initCustomEvent||i.initCustomEvent(n,!0,!1,o),void t.dispatchEvent(i)):"fireEvent"in e.doc?((i=e.doc.createEventObject()).eventType=n,void t.fireEvent("on"+i.eventType,i)):void 0},e.getParents=function(t,n){void 0===n&&(n=e.doc);for(var o=[],i=t.parentNode,a=!1;!a;)if(i){var r=i;r.querySelectorAll(n).length?a=!0:(o.push(r),i=r.parentNode)}else o=[],a=!0;return o},e.forEach=function(e,t,n){for(var o=0,i=e.length;o<i;o++)t.call(n,e[o],o)},e.getText=function(e){return e.innerText||e.textContent},e.setText=function(e,t){var n="object"==typeof t?t.innerText||t.textContent:t;e.innerText&&(e.innerText=n),e.textContent&&(e.textContent=n)},e.httpBuildQuery=function(t){return e.objKeys(t).reduce(function t(n){var o=arguments.length>1&&void 0!==arguments[1]?arguments[1]:null;return function(i,a){var r=n[a];a=encodeURIComponent(a);var s=o?"".concat(o,"[").concat(a,"]"):a;return null==r||"function"==typeof r?(i.push("".concat(s,"=")),i):["number","boolean","string"].includes(typeof r)?(i.push("".concat(s,"=").concat(encodeURIComponent(r))),i):(i.push(e.objKeys(r).reduce(t(r,s),[]).join("&")),i)}}(t),[]).join("&")},e.get=function(t,n,o,i){return o="function"==typeof o?o:e.noop,e.ajax("GET",t,n,o,i)},e.post=function(t,n,o,i){return o="function"==typeof o?o:e.noop,e.ajax("POST",t,n,o,i)},e.ajax=function(t,n,o,i,a){var r=new XMLHttpRequest,s=n,c=e.httpBuildQuery(o);if(t=-1!=["GET","POST"].indexOf(t)?t:"GET",r.open(t,s+("GET"==t?"?"+c:""),!0),"POST"==t&&r.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),r.setRequestHeader("X-Requested-With","XMLHttpRequest"),r.onreadystatechange=function(){4===r.readyState&&200<=r.status&&300>r.status&&"function"==typeof i&&i.call(void 0,r.response)},void 0!==a&&!a){return{xhr:r,send:function(){r.send("POST"==t?c:null)}}}return r.send("POST"==t?c:null),{xhr:r}},e.scrollTo=function(t,n,o){function i(e,t,n){this.start=this.position(),this.change=e-this.start,this.currentTime=0,this.increment=20,this.duration=void 0===n?500:n,this.callback=t,this.finish=!1,this.animateScroll()}return Math.easeInOutQuad=function(e,t,n,o){return(e/=o/2)<1?n/2*e*e+t:-n/2*(--e*(e-2)-1)+t},i.prototype.stop=function(){this.finish=!0},i.prototype.move=function(t){e.doc.documentElement.scrollTop=t,e.globalBody.parentNode.scrollTop=t,e.globalBody.scrollTop=t},i.prototype.position=function(){return e.doc.documentElement.scrollTop||e.globalBody.parentNode.scrollTop||e.globalBody.scrollTop},i.prototype.animateScroll=function(){this.currentTime+=this.increment;var t=Math.easeInOutQuad(this.currentTime,this.start,this.change,this.duration);this.move(t),this.currentTime<this.duration&&!this.finish?e.requestAnimationFrame.call(e.win,this.animateScroll.bind(this)):this.callback&&"function"==typeof this.callback&&this.callback()},new i(t,n,o)},e.unwrap=function(t){var n,o=t;e.forEach(t,(function(e,t){n?n+=e:n=e})),o.replaceWith(n)},e.performance={start:function(e){performance.mark(e+"Start")},stop:function(e){performance.mark(e+"End"),performance.measure(e,e+"Start",e+"End")}},e.fps=function(){var t=0,n=0,o=0;!function(){var i=t=0,a=0,r=0,s=document.getElementById("fpsTable"),c=function(t){void 0===document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0]?e.requestAnimationFrame.call(e.win,(function(){c(t)})):document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(t)};null===s&&((s=document.createElement("div")).style.position="fixed",s.style.top="120px",s.style.left="10px",s.style.width="100px",s.style.height="20px",s.style.border="1px solid black",s.style.fontSize="11px",s.style.zIndex="100000",s.style.backgroundColor="white",s.id="fpsTable",c(s));var l=function(){o++,n=Date.now(),(a=(o/(r=(n-t)/1e3)).toPrecision(2))!=i&&(i=a,s.innerHTML=i+"fps"),1<r&&(t=n,o=0),e.requestAnimationFrame.call(e.win,l)};l()}()},e.instr=function(e,t){for(var n=0;n<t.length;n++)if(-1!==e.toLowerCase().indexOf(t[n].toLowerCase()))return!0},e.winLoad=function(t,n){function o(o){if("complete"===e.doc.readyState||"interactive"===e.doc.readyState)return!o||n?setTimeout(t,n||1):t(o),1}o()||e.addEvents(e.win,{load:o})},e.docReady=function(t,n){function o(o){if("complete"===e.doc.readyState||"interactive"===e.doc.readyState)return!o||n?setTimeout(t,n||1):t(o),1}o()||e.addEvents(e.doc,{DOMContentLoaded:o})},e.fireOnce=function(){e.docReady((function(){e.assets=e.assets||[],e.assets.length&&(e.boot(),e.load_assets())}),50)},e.boot=function(){e.length&&e.doc.querySelectorAll("style[media]").forEach((function(e){"not all"==e.getAttribute("media")&&e.removeAttribute("media")}))},e.create_js=function(t,n){var o=e.doc.createElement("script");switch(o.setAttribute("src",t),n){case"defer":o.setAttribute("defer",!0);break;case"async":o.setAttribute("async",!0);break;case"deferasync":o.setAttribute("defer",!0),o.setAttribute("async",!0)}e.globalBody.appendChild(o)},e.load_assets=function(){"object"==typeof e.assets&&e.forEach(e.assets.slice(0),(function(t,n){var o="";t.defer&&(o+="defer"),t.async&&(o+="async"),e.create_js(t.url,o);var i=e.assets.indexOf(t);i>-1&&e.assets.splice(i,1)})),e.assets=jnewsoption.au_scripts=window.jnewsads=[]},e.setCookie=function(e,t,n){var o="";if(n){var i=new Date;i.setTime(i.getTime()+24*n*60*60*1e3),o="; expires="+i.toUTCString()}document.cookie=e+"="+(t||"")+o+"; path=/"},e.getCookie=function(e){for(var t=e+"=",n=document.cookie.split(";"),o=0;o<n.length;o++){for(var i=n[o];" "==i.charAt(0);)i=i.substring(1,i.length);if(0==i.indexOf(t))return i.substring(t.length,i.length)}return null},e.eraseCookie=function(e){document.cookie=e+"=; Path=/; Expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT;"},e.docReady((function(){e.globalBody=e.globalBody==e.doc?e.doc.getElementsByTagName("body")[0]:e.globalBody,e.globalBody=e.globalBody?e.globalBody:e.doc})),e.winLoad((function(){e.winLoad((function(){var t=!1;if(void 0!==window.jnewsadmin)if(void 0!==window.file_version_checker){var n=e.objKeys(window.file_version_checker);n.length?n.forEach((function(e){t||"10.0.4"===window.file_version_checker[e]||(t=!0)})):t=!0}else t=!0;t&&(window.jnewsHelper.getMessage(),window.jnewsHelper.getNotice())}),2500)}))},window.jnews.library=new window.jnews.library;</script><script type="module">;/*! instant.page v5.1.1 - (C) 2019-2020 Alexandre Dieulot - https://instant.page/license */ let t,e;const n=new Set,o=document.createElement("link"),i=o.relList&&o.relList.supports&&o.relList.supports("prefetch")&&window.IntersectionObserver&&"isIntersecting"in IntersectionObserverEntry.prototype,s="instantAllowQueryString"in document.body.dataset,a="instantAllowExternalLinks"in document.body.dataset,r="instantWhitelist"in document.body.dataset,c="instantMousedownShortcut"in document.body.dataset,d=1111;let l=65,u=!1,f=!1,m=!1;if("instantIntensity"in document.body.dataset){const t=document.body.dataset.instantIntensity;if("mousedown"==t.substr(0,"mousedown".length))u=!0,"mousedown-only"==t&&(f=!0);else if("viewport"==t.substr(0,"viewport".length))navigator.connection&&(navigator.connection.saveData||navigator.connection.effectiveType&&navigator.connection.effectiveType.includes("2g"))||("viewport"==t?document.documentElement.clientWidth*document.documentElement.clientHeight<45e4&&(m=!0):"viewport-all"==t&&(m=!0));else{const e=parseInt(t);isNaN(e)||(l=e)}}if(i){const n={capture:!0,passive:!0};if(f||document.addEventListener("touchstart",(function(t){e=performance.now();const n=t.target.closest("a");h(n)&&v(n.href)}),n),u?c||document.addEventListener("mousedown",(function(t){const e=t.target.closest("a");h(e)&&v(e.href)}),n):document.addEventListener("mouseover",(function(n){if(performance.now()-e<d)return;if(!("closest"in n.target))return;const o=n.target.closest("a");h(o)&&(o.addEventListener("mouseout",p,{passive:!0}),t=setTimeout((()=>{v(o.href),t=void 0}),l))}),n),c&&document.addEventListener("mousedown",(function(t){if(performance.now()-e<d)return;const n=t.target.closest("a");if(t.which>1||t.metaKey||t.ctrlKey)return;if(!n)return;n.addEventListener("click",(function(t){1337!=t.detail&&t.preventDefault()}),{capture:!0,passive:!1,once:!0});const o=new MouseEvent("click",{view:window,bubbles:!0,cancelable:!1,detail:1337});n.dispatchEvent(o)}),n),m){let t;(t=window.requestIdleCallback?t=>{requestIdleCallback(t,{timeout:1500})}:t=>{t()})((()=>{const t=new IntersectionObserver((e=>{e.forEach((e=>{if(e.isIntersecting){const n=e.target;t.unobserve(n),v(n.href)}}))}));document.querySelectorAll("a").forEach((e=>{h(e)&&t.observe(e)}))}))}}function p(e){e.relatedTarget&&e.target.closest("a")==e.relatedTarget.closest("a")||t&&(clearTimeout(t),t=void 0)}function h(t){if(t&&t.href&&(!r||"instant"in t.dataset)&&(a||t.origin==location.origin||"instant"in t.dataset)&&["http:","https:"].includes(t.protocol)&&("http:"!=t.protocol||"https:"!=location.protocol)&&(s||!t.search||"instant"in t.dataset)&&!(t.hash&&t.pathname+t.search==location.pathname+location.search||"noInstant"in t.dataset))return!0}function v(t){if(n.has(t))return;const e=document.createElement("link");e.rel="prefetch",e.href=t,document.head.appendChild(e),n.add(t)}</script>  <title>Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline - digitalhub US</title> <meta name="description" content="The poll of 2,000 Gen Z Americans who use social media found Instagram (20%), TikTok (20%) and Facebook (13%) have all had a negative impact on their wellbeing." /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/" /> <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" /> <meta property="og:type" content="article" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline - digitalhub US" /> <meta property="og:description" content="The poll of 2,000 Gen Z Americans who use social media found Instagram (20%), TikTok (20%) and Facebook (13%) have all had a negative impact on their wellbeing." /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="digitalhub US" /> <meta property="article:published_time" content="2024-08-16T12:01:21+00:00" /> <meta property="article:modified_time" content="2024-08-14T20:27:12+00:00" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg" /> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1280" /> <meta property="og:image:height" content="539" /> <meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg" /> <meta name="author" content="DigitalHubUSA" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Written by" /> <meta name="twitter:data1" content="DigitalHubUSA" /> <meta name="twitter:label2" content="Est. reading time" /> <meta name="twitter:data2" content="5 minutes" /> <script type="application/ld+json" class="yoast-schema-graph">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/","url":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/","name":"Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline - digitalhub US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-16T12:01:21+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-14T20:27:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/#/schema/person/843fd29cb5684b8dfc8d8b01b263d70c"},"description":"The poll of 2,000 Gen Z Americans who use social media found Instagram (20%), TikTok (20%) and Facebook (13%) have all had a negative impact on their wellbeing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/#primaryimage","url":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg","contentUrl":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg","width":1280,"height":539},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"All releases","item":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/all-releases/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/#website","url":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/","name":"digitalhub US","description":"grab news, use news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/#/schema/person/843fd29cb5684b8dfc8d8b01b263d70c","name":"DigitalHubUSA","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/#/schema/person/image/","url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ec7ba064b73db504e022f6d4e74283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ec7ba064b73db504e022f6d4e74283b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"DigitalHubUSA"},"url":"https://swnsdigital.com/us/author/digitalhubusa/"}]}</script>  <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//www.googletagmanager.com' /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="digitalhub US » Feed" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="digitalhub US » Comments Feed" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/comments/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="digitalhub US » Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline Comments Feed" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/feed/" /> <script type="text/javascript"> window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.2.2"}}; /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(e,a,t){var n,r,o,i=a.createElement("canvas"),p=i.getContext&&i.getContext("2d");function s(e,t){p.clearRect(0,0,i.width,i.height),p.fillText(e,0,0);e=i.toDataURL();return p.clearRect(0,0,i.width,i.height),p.fillText(t,0,0),e===i.toDataURL()}function c(e){var t=a.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=t.type="text/javascript",a.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(t)}for(o=Array("flag","emoji"),t.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},r=0;r<o.length;r++)t.supports[o[r]]=function(e){if(p&&p.fillText)switch(p.textBaseline="top",p.font="600 32px Arial",e){case"flag":return s("\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f","\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200b\u26a7\ufe0f")?!1:!s("\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3","\ud83c\uddfa\u200b\ud83c\uddf3")&&!s("\ud83c\udff4\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc62\udb40\udc65\udb40\udc6e\udb40\udc67\udb40\udc7f","\ud83c\udff4\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc62\u200b\udb40\udc65\u200b\udb40\udc6e\u200b\udb40\udc67\u200b\udb40\udc7f");case"emoji":return!s("\ud83e\udef1\ud83c\udffb\u200d\ud83e\udef2\ud83c\udfff","\ud83e\udef1\ud83c\udffb\u200b\ud83e\udef2\ud83c\udfff")}return!1}(o[r]),t.supports.everything=t.supports.everything&&t.supports[o[r]],"flag"!==o[r]&&(t.supports.everythingExceptFlag=t.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&t.supports[o[r]]);t.supports.everythingExceptFlag=t.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!t.supports.flag,t.DOMReady=!1,t.readyCallback=function(){t.DOMReady=!0},t.supports.everything||(n=function(){t.readyCallback()},a.addEventListener?(a.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",n,!1),e.addEventListener("load",n,!1)):(e.attachEvent("onload",n),a.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===a.readyState&&t.readyCallback()})),(e=t.source||{}).concatemoji?c(e.concatemoji):e.wpemoji&&e.twemoji&&(c(e.twemoji),c(e.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings); </script> <style type="text/css"> img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { display: inline !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; height: 1em !important; width: 1em !important; margin: 0 0.07em !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; } </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-block-library-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.2.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='classic-theme-styles-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/css/classic-themes.min.css?ver=6.2.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='global-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> body{--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #ffffff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,1) 0%,rgba(255,105,0,1) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,105,0,1) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--duotone--dark-grayscale: url('#wp-duotone-dark-grayscale');--wp--preset--duotone--grayscale: url('#wp-duotone-grayscale');--wp--preset--duotone--purple-yellow: url('#wp-duotone-purple-yellow');--wp--preset--duotone--blue-red: url('#wp-duotone-blue-red');--wp--preset--duotone--midnight: url('#wp-duotone-midnight');--wp--preset--duotone--magenta-yellow: url('#wp-duotone-magenta-yellow');--wp--preset--duotone--purple-green: url('#wp-duotone-purple-green');--wp--preset--duotone--blue-orange: url('#wp-duotone-blue-orange');--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;--wp--preset--spacing--20: 0.44rem;--wp--preset--spacing--30: 0.67rem;--wp--preset--spacing--40: 1rem;--wp--preset--spacing--50: 1.5rem;--wp--preset--spacing--60: 2.25rem;--wp--preset--spacing--70: 3.38rem;--wp--preset--spacing--80: 5.06rem;--wp--preset--shadow--natural: 6px 6px 9px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--deep: 12px 12px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4);--wp--preset--shadow--sharp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);--wp--preset--shadow--outlined: 6px 6px 0px -3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 1), 6px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);--wp--preset--shadow--crisp: 6px 6px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);}:where(.is-layout-flex){gap: 0.5em;}body .is-layout-flow > .alignleft{float: left;margin-inline-start: 0;margin-inline-end: 2em;}body .is-layout-flow > .alignright{float: right;margin-inline-start: 2em;margin-inline-end: 0;}body .is-layout-flow > .aligncenter{margin-left: auto !important;margin-right: auto !important;}body .is-layout-constrained > .alignleft{float: left;margin-inline-start: 0;margin-inline-end: 2em;}body .is-layout-constrained > .alignright{float: right;margin-inline-start: 2em;margin-inline-end: 0;}body .is-layout-constrained > .aligncenter{margin-left: auto !important;margin-right: auto !important;}body .is-layout-constrained > :where(:not(.alignleft):not(.alignright):not(.alignfull)){max-width: var(--wp--style--global--content-size);margin-left: auto !important;margin-right: auto !important;}body .is-layout-constrained > .alignwide{max-width: var(--wp--style--global--wide-size);}body .is-layout-flex{display: flex;}body .is-layout-flex{flex-wrap: wrap;align-items: center;}body .is-layout-flex > *{margin: 0;}:where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;} .wp-block-navigation a:where(:not(.wp-element-button)){color: inherit;} :where(.wp-block-columns.is-layout-flex){gap: 2em;} .wp-block-pullquote{font-size: 1.5em;line-height: 1.6;} </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='contact-form-7-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css?ver=5.7.7' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='ditty-news-ticker-font-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/legacy/inc/static/libs/fontastic/styles.css?ver=3.1.21' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='ditty-news-ticker-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/legacy/inc/static/css/style.css?ver=3.1.21' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='ditty-displays-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/includes/css/ditty-displays.css?ver=3.1.21' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='ditty-fontawesome-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/includes/libs/fontawesome-6.4.0/css/all.css?ver=6.4.0' type='text/css' media='' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='photospace_responsive_gallery-frontend-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/photospace-responsive/plugin-assets/css/frontend.css?ver=1.0.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='tp_twitter_plugin_css-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/recent-tweets-widget/tp_twitter_plugin.css?ver=1.0' type='text/css' media='screen' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='swpm.common-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/simple-membership/css/swpm.common.css?ver=4.3.4' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='cookie-law-info-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent/public/css/cookie-law-info-public.css?ver=2.4.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='cookie-law-info-gdpr-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent/public/css/cookie-law-info-gdpr.css?ver=2.4.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='cookie-law-info-gdpr-inline-css' type='text/css'> .cli-modal-content, .cli-tab-content { background-color: #ffffff; }.cli-privacy-content-text, .cli-modal .cli-modal-dialog, .cli-tab-container p, a.cli-privacy-readmore { color: #000000; }.cli-tab-header { background-color: #f2f2f2; }.cli-tab-header, .cli-tab-header a.cli-nav-link,span.cli-necessary-caption,.cli-switch .cli-slider:after { color: #000000; }.cli-switch .cli-slider:before { background-color: #ffffff; }.cli-switch input:checked + .cli-slider:before { background-color: #ffffff; }.cli-switch .cli-slider { background-color: #e3e1e8; }.cli-switch input:checked + .cli-slider { background-color: #28a745; }.cli-modal-close svg { fill: #000000; }.cli-tab-footer .wt-cli-privacy-accept-all-btn { background-color: #00acad; color: #ffffff}.cli-tab-footer .wt-cli-privacy-accept-btn { background-color: #00acad; color: #ffffff}.cli-tab-header a:before{ border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; } </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='bigger-picture-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/youtube-channel/assets/lib/bigger-picture/css/bigger-picture.min.css?ver=3.23.4' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='youtube-channel-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/youtube-channel/assets/css/youtube-channel.min.css?ver=3.23.4' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='stc-tax-style-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-category//css/stc-tax-style.css?ver=2.6.13' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='swpm-form-builder-css-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/swpm-form-builder/css/swpm-form-builder.css?ver=5.0.1' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='swpm-jqueryui-css-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/swpm-form-builder/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.10.3.min.css?ver=5.0.1' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-parent-style-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/style.css?ver=6.2.2' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='js_composer_front-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/js_composer/assets/css/js_composer.min.css?ver=6.13.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='ditty-posts-ticker-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/ditty-posts-ticker/assets/css/style.css?ver=2.1.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-frontend-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/dist/frontend.min.css?ver=1.0.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-js-composer-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/css/js-composer-frontend.css?ver=1.0.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-style-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews-child/style.css?ver=1.0.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-darkmode-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/css/darkmode.css?ver=1.0.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='__EPYT__style-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/youtube-embed-plus/styles/ytprefs.min.css?ver=14.1.6.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='__EPYT__style-inline-css' type='text/css'> .epyt-gallery-thumb { width: 33.333%; } </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-social-login-style-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/jnews-social-login/assets/css/plugin.css?ver=10.0.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-select-share-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/jnews-social-share/assets/css/plugin.css' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='jnews-weather-style-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/jnews-weather/assets/css/plugin.css?ver=10.0.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.6.4' id='jquery-core-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=3.4.0' id='jquery-migrate-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='cookie-law-info-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var Cli_Data = {"nn_cookie_ids":["aff","site","jnews_view_counter_visits[0]","CookieLawInfoConsent","JSESSIONID","AWSELB","lvapp_session","XSRF-TOKEN","muc_ads","personalization_id","id","YSC","VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE","yt-remote-device-id","yt-remote-connected-devices","yt.innertube::requests","yt.innertube::nextId","test_cookie","_gid","_gat_gtag_UA_*","_ga_*","_ga","CONSENT","swpm_session"],"non_necessary_cookies":{"necessary":["CookieLawInfoConsent","cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement","JSESSIONID","AWSELB","lvapp_session","XSRF-TOKEN"],"performance":["swpm_session"],"analytics":["_gid","_gat_gtag_UA_*","_ga_*","_ga","CONSENT"],"advertisement":["muc_ads","personalization_id","id","YSC","VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE","yt-remote-device-id","yt-remote-connected-devices","yt.innertube::requests","yt.innertube::nextId","test_cookie"],"others":["aff","site","jnews_view_counter_visits[0]"]},"cookielist":{"necessary":{"id":3516,"status":true,"priority":0,"title":"Necessary","strict":true,"default_state":false,"ccpa_optout":false,"loadonstart":false},"functional":{"id":3517,"status":true,"priority":5,"title":"Functional","strict":false,"default_state":false,"ccpa_optout":false,"loadonstart":false},"performance":{"id":3518,"status":true,"priority":4,"title":"Performance","strict":false,"default_state":false,"ccpa_optout":false,"loadonstart":false},"analytics":{"id":3519,"status":true,"priority":3,"title":"Analytics","strict":false,"default_state":false,"ccpa_optout":false,"loadonstart":false},"advertisement":{"id":3520,"status":true,"priority":2,"title":"Advertisement","strict":false,"default_state":false,"ccpa_optout":false,"loadonstart":false},"others":{"id":3521,"status":true,"priority":1,"title":"Others","strict":false,"default_state":false,"ccpa_optout":false,"loadonstart":false}},"ajax_url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","current_lang":"en","security":"1a351ce96f","eu_countries":["GB"],"geoIP":"disabled","use_custom_geolocation_api":"","custom_geolocation_api":"https:\/\/geoip.cookieyes.com\/geoip\/checker\/result.php","consentVersion":"1","strictlyEnabled":["necessary","obligatoire"],"cookieDomain":"","privacy_length":"250","ccpaEnabled":"","ccpaRegionBased":"","ccpaBarEnabled":"","ccpaType":"gdpr","triggerDomRefresh":"","secure_cookies":""}; var log_object = {"ajax_url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent/public/js/cookie-law-info-public.js?ver=2.4.0' id='cookie-law-info-js'></script>  <script type="text/plain" data-cli-class="cli-blocker-script" data-cli-label="Google Tag Manager" data-cli-script-type="analytics" data-cli-block="true" data-cli-block-if-ccpa-optout="false" data-cli-element-position="head" src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-213658247-2' id='google_gtagjs-js' async></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='google_gtagjs-js-after'> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('set', 'linker', {"domains":["swnsdigital.com"]} ); gtag("js", new Date()); gtag("set", "developer_id.dZTNiMT", true); gtag("config", "UA-213658247-2", {"anonymize_ip":true}); gtag("config", "G-X0D05VZZH6"); </script>  <script type='text/javascript' id='__ytprefs__-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var _EPYT_ = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","security":"1a2b2c4996","gallery_scrolloffset":"20","eppathtoscripts":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/scripts\/","eppath":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-content\/plugins\/youtube-embed-plus\/","epresponsiveselector":"[\"iframe.__youtube_prefs_widget__\"]","epdovol":"1","version":"14.1.6.3","evselector":"iframe.__youtube_prefs__[src], iframe[src*=\"youtube.com\/embed\/\"], iframe[src*=\"youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/\"]","ajax_compat":"","maxres_facade":"eager","ytapi_load":"light","pause_others":"","stopMobileBuffer":"1","facade_mode":"","not_live_on_channel":"","vi_active":"","vi_js_posttypes":[]}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/youtube-embed-plus/scripts/ytprefs.min.js?ver=14.1.6.3' id='__ytprefs__-js'></script> <link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" type="application/json" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/70488" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 6.2.2" /> <link rel='shortlink' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/?p=70488' /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F&format=xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="Site Kit by Google 1.104.0" /> <style type="text/css"> .photospace_res ul.thumbs img { width:px; height:px; } .photospace_res .thumnail_row a.pageLink { width:px; height:px; line-height: px; } </style>   <meta name="google-site-verification" content="m_xEOfVud-FJ9H1h80uDTyDG8Q8CyrquCoqTlsBZ2YE"><meta name="generator" content="Powered by WPBakery Page Builder - drag and drop page builder for WordPress."/> <link rel="amphtml" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/?amp=1"><script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/#organization","url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/","name":"","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com","http:\/\/twitter.com"]}</script> <script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/","name":"","potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}</script> <link rel="icon" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-favicon-32x32-2-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" /> <link rel="icon" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-favicon-32x32-2-192x192.png" sizes="192x192" /> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-favicon-32x32-2-180x180.png" /> <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-favicon-32x32-2-270x270.png" /> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-XVZB9CEQY6'); </script><style id="jeg_dynamic_css" type="text/css" data-type="jeg_custom-css">body { --j-accent-color : #e6303b; --j-alt-color : #fc7474; } a, .jeg_menu_style_5>li>a:hover, .jeg_menu_style_5>li.sfHover>a, .jeg_menu_style_5>li.current-menu-item>a, .jeg_menu_style_5>li.current-menu-ancestor>a, .jeg_navbar .jeg_menu:not(.jeg_main_menu)>li>a:hover, .jeg_midbar .jeg_menu:not(.jeg_main_menu)>li>a:hover, .jeg_side_tabs li.active, .jeg_block_heading_5 strong, .jeg_block_heading_6 strong, .jeg_block_heading_7 strong, .jeg_block_heading_8 strong, .jeg_subcat_list li a:hover, .jeg_subcat_list li button:hover, .jeg_pl_lg_7 .jeg_thumb .jeg_post_category a, .jeg_pl_xs_2:before, .jeg_pl_xs_4 .jeg_postblock_content:before, .jeg_postblock .jeg_post_title a:hover, .jeg_hero_style_6 .jeg_post_title a:hover, .jeg_sidefeed .jeg_pl_xs_3 .jeg_post_title a:hover, .widget_jnews_popular .jeg_post_title a:hover, .jeg_meta_author a, .widget_archive li a:hover, .widget_pages li a:hover, .widget_meta li a:hover, .widget_recent_entries li a:hover, .widget_rss li a:hover, .widget_rss cite, .widget_categories li a:hover, .widget_categories li.current-cat>a, #breadcrumbs a:hover, .jeg_share_count .counts, .commentlist .bypostauthor>.comment-body>.comment-author>.fn, span.required, .jeg_review_title, .bestprice .price, .authorlink a:hover, .jeg_vertical_playlist .jeg_video_playlist_play_icon, .jeg_vertical_playlist .jeg_video_playlist_item.active .jeg_video_playlist_thumbnail:before, .jeg_horizontal_playlist .jeg_video_playlist_play, .woocommerce li.product .pricegroup .button, .widget_display_forums li a:hover, .widget_display_topics li:before, .widget_display_replies li:before, .widget_display_views li:before, .bbp-breadcrumb a:hover, .jeg_mobile_menu li.sfHover>a, .jeg_mobile_menu li a:hover, .split-template-6 .pagenum, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_5>li>a:hover, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_5>li.sfHover>a, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_5>li.current-menu-item>a, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_5>li.current-menu-ancestor>a { color : #e6303b; } .jeg_menu_style_1>li>a:before, .jeg_menu_style_2>li>a:before, .jeg_menu_style_3>li>a:before, .jeg_side_toggle, .jeg_slide_caption .jeg_post_category a, .jeg_slider_type_1_wrapper .tns-controls button.tns-next, .jeg_block_heading_1 .jeg_block_title span, .jeg_block_heading_2 .jeg_block_title span, .jeg_block_heading_3, .jeg_block_heading_4 .jeg_block_title span, .jeg_block_heading_6:after, .jeg_pl_lg_box .jeg_post_category a, .jeg_pl_md_box .jeg_post_category a, .jeg_readmore:hover, .jeg_thumb .jeg_post_category a, .jeg_block_loadmore a:hover, .jeg_postblock.alt .jeg_block_loadmore a:hover, .jeg_block_loadmore a.active, .jeg_postblock_carousel_2 .jeg_post_category a, .jeg_heroblock .jeg_post_category a, .jeg_pagenav_1 .page_number.active, .jeg_pagenav_1 .page_number.active:hover, input[type="submit"], .btn, .button, .widget_tag_cloud a:hover, .popularpost_item:hover .jeg_post_title a:before, .jeg_splitpost_4 .page_nav, .jeg_splitpost_5 .page_nav, .jeg_post_via a:hover, .jeg_post_source a:hover, .jeg_post_tags a:hover, .comment-reply-title small a:before, .comment-reply-title small a:after, .jeg_storelist .productlink, .authorlink li.active a:before, .jeg_footer.dark .socials_widget:not(.nobg) a:hover .fa, div.jeg_breakingnews_title, .jeg_overlay_slider_bottom_wrapper .tns-controls button, .jeg_overlay_slider_bottom_wrapper .tns-controls button:hover, .jeg_vertical_playlist .jeg_video_playlist_current, .woocommerce span.onsale, .woocommerce #respond input#submit:hover, .woocommerce a.button:hover, .woocommerce button.button:hover, .woocommerce input.button:hover, .woocommerce #respond input#submit.alt, .woocommerce a.button.alt, .woocommerce button.button.alt, .woocommerce input.button.alt, .jeg_popup_post .caption, .jeg_footer.dark input[type="submit"], .jeg_footer.dark .btn, .jeg_footer.dark .button, .footer_widget.widget_tag_cloud a:hover, .jeg_inner_content .content-inner .jeg_post_category a:hover, #buddypress .standard-form button, #buddypress a.button, #buddypress input[type="submit"], #buddypress input[type="button"], #buddypress input[type="reset"], #buddypress ul.button-nav li a, #buddypress .generic-button a, #buddypress .generic-button button, #buddypress .comment-reply-link, #buddypress a.bp-title-button, #buddypress.buddypress-wrap .members-list li .user-update .activity-read-more a, div#buddypress .standard-form button:hover, div#buddypress a.button:hover, div#buddypress input[type="submit"]:hover, div#buddypress input[type="button"]:hover, div#buddypress input[type="reset"]:hover, div#buddypress ul.button-nav li a:hover, div#buddypress .generic-button a:hover, div#buddypress .generic-button button:hover, div#buddypress .comment-reply-link:hover, div#buddypress a.bp-title-button:hover, div#buddypress.buddypress-wrap .members-list li .user-update .activity-read-more a:hover, #buddypress #item-nav .item-list-tabs ul li a:before, .jeg_inner_content .jeg_meta_container .follow-wrapper a { background-color : #e6303b; } .jeg_block_heading_7 .jeg_block_title span, .jeg_readmore:hover, .jeg_block_loadmore a:hover, .jeg_block_loadmore a.active, .jeg_pagenav_1 .page_number.active, .jeg_pagenav_1 .page_number.active:hover, .jeg_pagenav_3 .page_number:hover, .jeg_prevnext_post a:hover h3, .jeg_overlay_slider .jeg_post_category, .jeg_sidefeed .jeg_post.active, .jeg_vertical_playlist.jeg_vertical_playlist .jeg_video_playlist_item.active .jeg_video_playlist_thumbnail img, .jeg_horizontal_playlist .jeg_video_playlist_item.active { border-color : #e6303b; } .jeg_tabpost_nav li.active, .woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_1>li.current-menu-item a, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_1>li.current-menu-ancestor a, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_2>li.current-menu-item::after, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_2>li.current-menu-ancestor::after, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_3>li.current-menu-item::before, .jeg_mobile_menu_style_3>li.current-menu-ancestor::before { border-bottom-color : #e6303b; } .jeg_post_meta .fa, .jeg_post_meta .jpwt-icon, .entry-header .jeg_post_meta .fa, .jeg_review_stars, .jeg_price_review_list { color : #fc7474; } .jeg_share_button.share-float.share-monocrhome a { background-color : #fc7474; } .jeg_topbar, .jeg_topbar.dark, .jeg_topbar.custom { background : #f2f2f2; } .jeg_topbar, .jeg_topbar.dark { color : #000000; } .jeg_topbar a, .jeg_topbar.dark a { color : #000000; } .jeg_header .jeg_bottombar.jeg_navbar,.jeg_bottombar .jeg_nav_icon { height : 30px; } .jeg_header .jeg_bottombar.jeg_navbar, .jeg_header .jeg_bottombar .jeg_main_menu:not(.jeg_menu_style_1) > li > a, .jeg_header .jeg_bottombar .jeg_menu_style_1 > li, .jeg_header .jeg_bottombar .jeg_menu:not(.jeg_main_menu) > li > a { line-height : 30px; } .jeg_header .jeg_bottombar, .jeg_header .jeg_bottombar.jeg_navbar_dark, .jeg_bottombar.jeg_navbar_boxed .jeg_nav_row, .jeg_bottombar.jeg_navbar_dark.jeg_navbar_boxed .jeg_nav_row { border-bottom-width : 1px; } .jeg_nav_account, .jeg_navbar .jeg_nav_account .jeg_menu > li > a, .jeg_midbar .jeg_nav_account .jeg_menu > li > a { color : #000000; } </style><style type="text/css"> .no_thumbnail .jeg_thumb, .thumbnail-container.no_thumbnail { display: none !important; } .jeg_search_result .jeg_pl_xs_3.no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content, .jeg_sidefeed .jeg_pl_xs_3.no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content, .jeg_pl_sm.no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content { margin-left: 0; } .jeg_postblock_11 .no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content, .jeg_postblock_12 .no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content, .jeg_postblock_12.jeg_col_3o3 .no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content { margin-top: 0; } .jeg_postblock_15 .jeg_pl_md_box.no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content, .jeg_postblock_19 .jeg_pl_md_box.no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content, .jeg_postblock_24 .jeg_pl_md_box.no_thumbnail .jeg_postblock_content, .jeg_sidefeed .jeg_pl_md_box .jeg_postblock_content { position: relative; } .jeg_postblock_carousel_2 .no_thumbnail .jeg_post_title a, .jeg_postblock_carousel_2 .no_thumbnail .jeg_post_title a:hover, .jeg_postblock_carousel_2 .no_thumbnail .jeg_post_meta .fa { color: #212121 !important; } .jnews-dark-mode .jeg_postblock_carousel_2 .no_thumbnail .jeg_post_title a, .jnews-dark-mode .jeg_postblock_carousel_2 .no_thumbnail .jeg_post_title a:hover, .jnews-dark-mode .jeg_postblock_carousel_2 .no_thumbnail .jeg_post_meta .fa { color: #fff !important; } </style> <style type="text/css" id="wp-custom-css"> /* NB: More CSS in Theme Editor */ /* red register button */ li#menu-item-62693 a { border: 1px solid #e5303d; border-radius: 100px; padding: 8px 12px 8px 12px; background-color: #e5303d; color: #fff; } li#menu-item-62693 a:hover { border: 1px solid #e5303d; background-color: #fff; color: #e5303d; } .jeg_menu_style_1>li#menu-item-62693>a:before { height: 0px; } /* Matt's customisations? */ .vc_separator.vc_separator_align_left h4 { padding: 0 .4em 0 0; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 600; color: #e5303b; } .jeg_hero_style_6 .jeg_post_title { line-height: 1.2; } .jeg_readmore { color: #e5303b; border: 1px solid #e5303b; border-radius: 100px; box-shadow: none; } .popularpost_meta { display: none; } .SectionTitleDark h4{ color:#fff!important; } .mini-login { color: #000; } .mini-login a:hover { color: #e5303d; } .jeg_top_menu a:hover{ color: #e5303d!important } .jeg_content { padding-top: 10px; } h1.jeg_cat_title { display: none; } h2.jeg_cat_subtitle { display: none; } </style> <noscript><style> .wpb_animate_when_almost_visible { opacity: 1; }</style></noscript></head> <body class="post-template-default single single-post postid-70488 single-format-standard wp-embed-responsive jeg_toggle_light jeg_single_tpl_4 jnews jsc_normal wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-6.13.0 vc_responsive"> <div class="jeg_ad jeg_ad_top jnews_header_top_ads"> <div class='ads-wrapper '></div> </div>  <div class="jeg_viewport"> <div class="jeg_header_wrapper"> <div class="jeg_header_instagram_wrapper"> </div>  <div class="jeg_header normal"> <div class="jeg_topbar jeg_container jeg_navbar_wrapper dark"> <div class="container"> <div class="jeg_nav_row"> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_left jeg_nav_grow"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignleft"> <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_nav_html"> <a class="langflag" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/" title="US stories"><img src="/uk/wp-content/uploads/flag-us.png" style="vertical-align: text-bottom" height="24" width="24" /></a> <a class="langflag" href="https://swnsdigital.com/uk/" title="UK stories"><img src="/uk/wp-content/uploads/flag-uk.png" style="vertical-align: text-bottom" height="24" width="24" /></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_center jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_aligncenter"> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_right jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignright"> <div class="jeg_nav_item"> <ul class="jeg_menu jeg_top_menu"><li id="menu-item-1361" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-1361"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/feed/">RSS</a></li> <li id="menu-item-8998" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8998"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/membership-join/membership-registration/">Register</a></li> </ul></div><div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_nav_account"> <ul class="jeg_accountlink jeg_menu"> <div class="mini-login"><a href="membership-login/" class="submit">Login</a></div> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="jeg_midbar jeg_container jeg_navbar_wrapper normal"> <div class="container"> <div class="jeg_nav_row"> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_left jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignleft"> <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_logo jeg_desktop_logo"> <div class="site-title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/" style="padding: 0 0 0 0;"> <img class='jeg_logo_img' src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png" srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@1x.png 2x" alt="SWNSdigital"data-light-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png" data-light-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@1x.png 2x" data-dark-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png" data-dark-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@1x.png 2x"> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_center jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_aligncenter"> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_right jeg_nav_grow"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignright"> <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_main_menu_wrapper"> <div class="jeg_mainmenu_wrap"><ul class="jeg_menu jeg_main_menu jeg_menu_style_1" data-animation="animate"><li id="menu-item-62492" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-62492 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62630" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-62630 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/about/">SWNS Digital</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62631" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-has-children menu-item-62631 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/all-releases/">Stories</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li id="menu-item-62647" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62647 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/health-and-nutrition/">Health & Nutrition</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62654" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62654 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/science-and-tech/">Science & Technology</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62648" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-post-ancestor current-menu-parent current-post-parent menu-item-62648 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/lifestyle/">Lifestyle</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62643" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62643 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/family-and-children/">Family, Parenting, and Children</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62660" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62660 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/work/">Work & Careers</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62637" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62637 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/business-and-money/">Money</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62645" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62645 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/food-and-drink/">Food & Drink</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62641" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62641 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/entertainment/">Entertainment & TV</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-62693" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-62693 bgnav jeg_menu_icon_enable" data-item-row="default" ><a href="/us/membership-join/membership-registration/"><i class='jeg_font_menu fa fa-user-plus'></i>Register</a></li> </ul></div></div>  <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_nav_search"> <div class="jeg_search_wrapper jeg_search_no_expand round"> <a href="#" class="jeg_search_toggle"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></a> <form action="https://swnsdigital.com/us/" method="get" class="jeg_search_form" target="_top"> <input name="s" class="jeg_search_input" placeholder="Search..." type="text" value="" autocomplete="off"> <button aria-label="Search Button" type="submit" class="jeg_search_button btn"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button> </form>  <div class="jeg_search_result jeg_search_hide with_result"> <div class="search-result-wrapper"> </div> <div class="search-link search-noresult"> No Result </div> <div class="search-link search-all-button"> <i class="fa fa-search"></i> View All Result </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> <div class="jeg_header_sticky"> <div class="sticky_blankspace"></div> <div class="jeg_header normal"> <div class="jeg_container"> <div data-mode="scroll" class="jeg_stickybar jeg_navbar jeg_navbar_wrapper jeg_navbar_normal jeg_navbar_normal"> <div class="container"> <div class="jeg_nav_row"> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_left jeg_nav_grow"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignleft"> <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_main_menu_wrapper"> <div class="jeg_mainmenu_wrap"><ul class="jeg_menu jeg_main_menu jeg_menu_style_1" data-animation="animate"><li id="menu-item-62492" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-62492 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62630" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-62630 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/about/">SWNS Digital</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62631" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current_page_parent menu-item-has-children menu-item-62631 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/all-releases/">Stories</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li id="menu-item-62647" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62647 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/health-and-nutrition/">Health & Nutrition</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62654" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62654 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/science-and-tech/">Science & Technology</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62648" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-post-ancestor current-menu-parent current-post-parent menu-item-62648 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/lifestyle/">Lifestyle</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62643" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62643 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/family-and-children/">Family, Parenting, and Children</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62660" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62660 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/work/">Work & Careers</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62637" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62637 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/business-and-money/">Money</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62645" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62645 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/food-and-drink/">Food & Drink</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62641" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62641 bgnav" data-item-row="default" ><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/entertainment/">Entertainment & TV</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-62693" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-62693 bgnav jeg_menu_icon_enable" data-item-row="default" ><a href="/us/membership-join/membership-registration/"><i class='jeg_font_menu fa fa-user-plus'></i>Register</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_center jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_aligncenter"> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_right jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignright">  <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_search_wrapper search_icon jeg_search_popup_expand"> <a href="#" class="jeg_search_toggle"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></a> <form action="https://swnsdigital.com/us/" method="get" class="jeg_search_form" target="_top"> <input name="s" class="jeg_search_input" placeholder="Search..." type="text" value="" autocomplete="off"> <button aria-label="Search Button" type="submit" class="jeg_search_button btn"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button> </form>  <div class="jeg_search_result jeg_search_hide with_result"> <div class="search-result-wrapper"> </div> <div class="search-link search-noresult"> No Result </div> <div class="search-link search-all-button"> <i class="fa fa-search"></i> View All Result </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_navbar_mobile_wrapper"> <div class="jeg_navbar_mobile" data-mode="scroll"> <div class="jeg_mobile_bottombar jeg_mobile_midbar jeg_container normal"> <div class="container"> <div class="jeg_nav_row"> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_left jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignleft"> <div class="jeg_nav_item"> <a href="#" class="toggle_btn jeg_mobile_toggle"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_center jeg_nav_grow"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_aligncenter"> <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_mobile_logo"> <div class="site-title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/"> <img class='jeg_logo_img' src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png" srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@1x.png 2x" alt="SWNSdigital"data-light-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png" data-light-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo@1x.png 2x" data-dark-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png" data-dark-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@1x.png 2x"> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_nav_col jeg_nav_right jeg_nav_normal"> <div class="item_wrap jeg_nav_alignright"> <div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_nav_html"> <a class="langflag" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/" title="US stories"><img src="/uk/wp-content/uploads/flag-us.png" style="vertical-align: text-bottom" height="24" width="24" /></a> <a class="langflag" href="https://swnsdigital.com/uk/" title="UK stories"><img src="/uk/wp-content/uploads/flag-uk.png" style="vertical-align: text-bottom" height="24" width="24" /></a></div><div class="jeg_nav_item jeg_search_wrapper jeg_search_popup_expand"> <a href="#" class="jeg_search_toggle"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></a> <form action="https://swnsdigital.com/us/" method="get" class="jeg_search_form" target="_top"> <input name="s" class="jeg_search_input" placeholder="Search..." type="text" value="" autocomplete="off"> <button aria-label="Search Button" type="submit" class="jeg_search_button btn"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button> </form>  <div class="jeg_search_result jeg_search_hide with_result"> <div class="search-result-wrapper"> </div> <div class="search-link search-noresult"> No Result </div> <div class="search-link search-all-button"> <i class="fa fa-search"></i> View All Result </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="sticky_blankspace" style="height: 60px;"></div> </div> <div class="jeg_ad jeg_ad_top jnews_header_bottom_ads"> <div class='ads-wrapper '></div> </div> <div class="post-wrapper"> <div class="post-wrap" > <div class="jeg_main "> <div class="jeg_container"> <div class="jeg_featured_big jeg_parallax"> <div class="jeg_featured_bg"> <div class="jeg_featured_img" style="background-image: url(https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg);"></div> </div> <div class="jeg_fs_content"> <div class="entry-header"> <div class="container"> <h1 class="jeg_post_title">Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline</h1> <div class="jeg_meta_container"><div class="jeg_post_meta jeg_post_meta_1"> <div class="meta_left"> <div class="jeg_meta_date"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline/">August 16, 2024</a> </div> <div class="jeg_meta_category"> <span><span class="meta_text">in</span> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/lifestyle/" title="Lifestyle">Lifestyle</a>, <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/research/" title="Research">Research</a>, <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/social-media/" title="Social Media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/parenting/usa-only/usa-only-usa-only/" title="USA-ONLY">USA-ONLY</a> </span> </div> </div> <div class="meta_right"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_scroll_flag"></div> </div> <div class="jeg_breadcrumbs"> <div class="container jeg_breadcrumb_container"> <div id="breadcrumbs"><span class=""> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us">Home</a> </span><i class="fa fa-angle-right"></i><span class="breadcrumb_last_link"> <a href=""></a> </span></div> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="jeg_ad jeg_article_top jnews_article_top_ads"> <div class='ads-wrapper '></div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_content jeg_singlepage"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="jeg_main_content col-md-8"> <div class="jeg_inner_content"> <div class="jeg_share_top_container"><div class="jeg_share_button clearfix"> <div class="jeg_share_stats"> </div> <div class="jeg_sharelist"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F" rel='nofollow' class="jeg_btn-facebook expanded"><i class="fa fa-facebook-official"></i><span>Share on Facebook</span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Why%203%20in%204%20Gen%20Z%20blame%20social%20media%20for%20their%20mental%20health%20decline&url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F" rel='nofollow' class="jeg_btn-twitter expanded"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i><span>Share on Twitter</span></a><a href="https://reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F&title=Why%203%20in%204%20Gen%20Z%20blame%20social%20media%20for%20their%20mental%20health%20decline" rel='nofollow' class="jeg_btn-reddit expanded"><i class="fa fa-reddit"></i><span>Share on Reddit</span></a> <div class="share-secondary"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F&title=Why%203%20in%204%20Gen%20Z%20blame%20social%20media%20for%20their%20mental%20health%20decline" rel='nofollow' class="jeg_btn-linkedin "><i class="fa fa-linkedin"></i></a><a href="mailto:?subject=Why%203%20in%204%20Gen%20Z%20blame%20social%20media%20for%20their%20mental%20health%20decline&body=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F" rel='nofollow' class="jeg_btn-email "><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a><a href="//api.whatsapp.com/send?text=Why%203%20in%204%20Gen%20Z%20blame%20social%20media%20for%20their%20mental%20health%20decline%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F" rel='nofollow' data-action="share/whatsapp/share" class="jeg_btn-whatsapp "><i class="fa fa-whatsapp"></i></a> </div> <a href="#" class="jeg_btn-toggle"><i class="fa fa-share"></i></a> </div> </div></div> <div class="jeg_ad jeg_article jnews_content_top_ads "><div class='ads-wrapper '></div></div> <div class="entry-content no-share"> <div class="jeg_share_button share-float jeg_sticky_share clearfix share-monocrhome"> <div class="jeg_share_float_container"></div> </div> <div class="content-inner "> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By Joseph Staples // SWNS</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/sntbaeh4gp4nh44pjp2er/AAcG7usBYWbX-PYg78XqcOo?rlkey=z1ylp84hsropjjvm8cnrgtrpc&st=pnzldhzv&dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>NEWS COPY W/ VIDEO + INFOGRAPHIC</strong></a></p> <p>Three in four Gen Zers are putting the blame on social media for having a negative impact on their mental health, according to a new study.</p> <p>The poll of 2,000 Gen Z Americans who use social media found Instagram (20%), TikTok (20%) and Facebook (13%) have all had a negative impact on their wellbeing.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><figure class="wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><iframe id="_ytid_52247" width="640" height="360" data-origwidth="640" data-origheight="360" data-cli-class="cli-blocker-script" data-cli-label="Youtube embed" data-cli-script-type="advertisement" data-cli-block="true" data-cli-block-if-ccpa-optout="false" data-cli-element-position="body" data-cli-placeholder="Accept <a class='cli_manage_current_consent'>Advertisement</a> cookies to view the content." data-cli-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ee2LurfytbQ?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&" class="__youtube_prefs__ no-lazyload" title="YouTube player" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy="1" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=""></iframe></div></figure></p> <p>Many said the reasons they use social media are because they’re bored (66%), want to laugh (59%), want to see what’s happening in the world (49%) and to see what their friends are up to (44%).</p> <p>However, this social media scrolling leaves nearly half of Gen Zers (49%) feeling some kind of negative emotion like stress and anxiety (30%).</p> <p>Commissioned by <a href="https://www.lg.com/global/lifes-good-in-action/optimism-your-feed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LG Electronics</a> and conducted by Talker Research, the study found those who experience negative emotions report that it only takes them 38 minutes on social media before they start to feel bad.<a href="http://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Gen-Z-and-Social-Media.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-70490" src="http://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Gen-Z-and-Social-Media.png" alt="" width="366" height="1805" /></a></p> <p>Respondents attribute these feelings to consuming upsetting content (51%), feeling unproductive with how they spent their time (49%) and/or experiencing FOMO (36%).</p> <p>The average person spends five and a half hours on social media apps per day, and 45% believe they spend more time on social media than their friends.</p> <p>“We spend a significant portion of our lives online and often these experiences may leave us feeling drained and not mentally stimulated,” said Louis Giagrande, head of U.S. marketing at LG Electronics. “We encourage everyone to be more conscious about the social media content they choose to engage with, bringing stronger balance, inspiration and happiness to their lives. If we focus on optimism, we will be better equipped to deal with life’s challenges and build a happier life.”</p> <p>Results also found, not surprisingly, 62% of Gen Zers wish they could “reset” their social media feeds and start over again.</p> <p>Over half (53%) report feeling frustrated that content on their feed doesn’t match what they want to see.</p> <p>Just as many (54%) believe they have either “some,” “little,” or “no control at all” over what they see on their social media feeds. In fact, only 16% believe they have total control over what they see.</p> <p>While many said they associate platforms with negative emotions, the study also found 80% claimed they also associate social media with a positive impact on their mood.</p> <p>Content reported to evoke positive emotions are comedy (65%), animals (48%), beauty (40%) and prank videos (34%). Meanwhile, content exhibiting physical violence (50%), politics (40%), and sexually explicit content (32%) tends to lead to negative emotions.</p> <p>Two-thirds (65%) have turned a bad day into a good one because of what they’ve seen on social media. Adding to this, respondents were 70% more likely to use social media when they are in a good mood compared to a bad mood and 44% believe social media has a positive impact on their outlook on life.</p> <p>Over the course of the next five years, 38% believe social media platforms can improve their impact on mental health.</p> <p>“Algorithms play a significant role in the content we see on social media, but there are simple actions people can take to ‘reset’ their feeds, so they can enjoy more of the positive content they’re craving,” continued Giagrande. “When you come across content that makes you smile, give it some extra attention. ‘Like it’ and leave a comment. Giving that post some engagement can help inspire more positive posts like it to show up on your feed.”</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>WHAT’S CAUSING GEN Z TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA DAILY?</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>Boredom - 66%</li> <li>I want to laugh/smile - 59%</li> <li>Need a distraction/break - 55%</li> <li>I want to see what is happening in the world - 49%</li> <li>I want to see what my friends are doing - 44%</li> <li>I want to connect with others - 42%</li> <li>I want to disengage/need downtime - 33%</li> <li>Looking for specific information - 32%</li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Survey methodology:</strong></span></p> <p><em><strong>Talker Research surveyed 2,000 Gen Z Americans</strong> who use social media; the survey was commissioned by<strong> LG Electronics</strong> and administered and conducted online by <strong>Talker Research between June 20 and June 24, 2024.</strong></em></p> <p><strong><em>We are sourcing from a non-probability frame and the two main sources we use are:</em></strong></p> <ul> <li><em>Traditional online access panels — where respondents opt-in to take part in online market research for an incentive</em></li> <li><em>Programmatic — where respondents are online and are given the option to take part in a survey to receive a virtual incentive usually related to the online activity they are engaging in</em></li> </ul> <p><em>Those who did not fit the specified sample were terminated from the survey. As the survey is fielded, dynamic online sampling is used, adjusting targeting to achieve the quotas specified as part of the sampling plan.</em></p> <p><em>Regardless of which sources a respondent came from, they were directed to an Online Survey, where the survey was conducted in English; a link to the questionnaire can be shared upon request. Respondents were awarded points for completing the survey. These points have a small cash-equivalent monetary value.</em></p> <p><em>Cells are only reported on for analysis if they have a minimum of 80 respondents, and statistical significance is calculated at the 95% level. Data is not weighted, but quotas and other parameters are put in place to reach the desired sample.</em></p> <p><strong><em>Interviews are excluded from the final analysis if they failed quality-checking measures. This includes:</em></strong></p> <ul> <li><em>Speeders: Respondents who complete the survey in a time that is quicker than one-third of the median length of interview are disqualified as speeders</em></li> <li><em>Open ends: All verbatim responses (full open-ended questions as well as other please specify options) are checked for inappropriate or irrelevant text</em></li> <li><em>Bots: Captcha is enabled on surveys, which allows the research team to identify and disqualify bots</em></li> <li><em>Duplicates: Survey software has “deduping” based on digital fingerprinting, which ensures nobody is allowed to take the survey more than once</em></li> </ul> <p><em>It is worth noting that this survey was only available to individuals with internet access, and the results may not be generalizable to those without internet access.</em></p> <div class="jeg_post_tags"></div> <br /> <p></p> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_share_bottom_container"></div> <div class="jeg_ad jeg_article jnews_content_bottom_ads "><div class='ads-wrapper '></div></div><div class="jnews_prev_next_container"><div class="jeg_prevnext_post"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/whos-under-the-most-pressure-to-get-fit-for-vacation/" class="post prev-post"> <span class="caption">Previous Post</span> <h3 class="post-title">Who’s under the most pressure to get fit for vacation?</h3> </a> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/how-parents-plan-to-make-back-to-school-magical-for-their-kids/" class="post next-post"> <span class="caption">Next Post</span> <h3 class="post-title">How parents plan to make back-to-school ‘magical’ for their kids?</h3> </a> </div></div><div class="jnews_author_box_container "></div><div class="jnews_related_post_container"></div><div class="jnews_popup_post_container"> <section class="jeg_popup_post"> <span class="caption">Next Post</span> <div class="jeg_popup_content"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/how-parents-plan-to-make-back-to-school-magical-for-their-kids/"> <div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-1000 "><img width="75" height="75" src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="How parents plan to make back-to-school ‘magical’ for their kids?" decoding="async" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px" data-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-daisy-anderson-5583442-75x75.jpg" data-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-daisy-anderson-5583442-75x75.jpg 75w, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-daisy-anderson-5583442-150x150.jpg 150w, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/pexels-daisy-anderson-5583442-350x350.jpg 350w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div> </a> </div> <h3 class="post-title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/08/how-parents-plan-to-make-back-to-school-magical-for-their-kids/"> How parents plan to make back-to-school ‘magical’ for their kids? </a> </h3> </div> <a href="#" class="jeg_popup_close"><i class="fa fa-close"></i></a> </section> </div><div class="jnews_comment_container"></div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_sidebar jeg_sticky_sidebar col-md-4"> <div class="jegStickyHolder"><div class="theiaStickySidebar"><div class="widget widget_jnews_popular" id="jnews_popular-3"><div class="jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_6 jnews_module_70488_0_67422483ecfbc"> <h3 class="jeg_block_title"><span>Popular stories</span></h3> </div><ul class="popularpost_list"><li class="popularpost_item format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2019/12/the-top-10-holiday-gifts-most-people-repeatedly-give-and-get-every-year/"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img width="350" height="233" src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="The top 10 holiday gifts most people repeatedly give and get every year" decoding="async" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/woman-doing-gift-wrapping-1687045.jpg" data-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/woman-doing-gift-wrapping-1687045.jpg 2560w, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/woman-doing-gift-wrapping-1687045-300x200.jpg 300w, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/woman-doing-gift-wrapping-1687045-768x512.jpg 768w, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/woman-doing-gift-wrapping-1687045-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/woman-doing-gift-wrapping-1687045-750x500.jpg 750w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> </div> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2019/12/the-top-10-holiday-gifts-most-people-repeatedly-give-and-get-every-year/" data-num="01">The top 10 holiday gifts most people repeatedly give and get every year</a> </h3> <div class="popularpost_meta"> <div class="jeg_socialshare"> <span class="share_count"><i class="fa fa-share-alt"></i> 0 shares</span> <div class="socialshare_list"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2019%2F12%2Fthe-top-10-holiday-gifts-most-people-repeatedly-give-and-get-every-year%2F" class="jeg_share_fb"><span class="share-text">Share</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The%20top%2010%20holiday%20gifts%20most%20people%20repeatedly%20give%20and%20get%20every%20year&url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2019%2F12%2Fthe-top-10-holiday-gifts-most-people-repeatedly-give-and-get-every-year%2F" class="jeg_share_tw"><span class="share-text">Tweet</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="popularpost_item format-standard"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2019/12/these-are-the-most-popular-jobs-kids-dream-of-doing-when-they-grow-up/" data-num="02">These are the most popular jobs kids dream of doing when they grow up</a> </h3> <div class="popularpost_meta"> <div class="jeg_socialshare"> <span class="share_count"><i class="fa fa-share-alt"></i> 0 shares</span> <div class="socialshare_list"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2019%2F12%2Fthese-are-the-most-popular-jobs-kids-dream-of-doing-when-they-grow-up%2F" class="jeg_share_fb"><span class="share-text">Share</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=These%20are%20the%20most%20popular%20jobs%20kids%20dream%20of%20doing%20when%20they%20grow%20up&url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2019%2F12%2Fthese-are-the-most-popular-jobs-kids-dream-of-doing-when-they-grow-up%2F" class="jeg_share_tw"><span class="share-text">Tweet</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="popularpost_item format-standard"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2021/07/eighty-one-percent-of-recent-college-graduates-wish-they-were-taught-more-life-skills-before-graduating/" data-num="03">81% of recent college grads wish they were taught more life skills before graduation</a> </h3> <div class="popularpost_meta"> <div class="jeg_socialshare"> <span class="share_count"><i class="fa fa-share-alt"></i> 0 shares</span> <div class="socialshare_list"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2021%2F07%2Feighty-one-percent-of-recent-college-graduates-wish-they-were-taught-more-life-skills-before-graduating%2F" class="jeg_share_fb"><span class="share-text">Share</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=81%25%20of%20recent%20college%20grads%20wish%20they%20were%20taught%20more%20life%20skills%20before%20graduation&url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2021%2F07%2Feighty-one-percent-of-recent-college-graduates-wish-they-were-taught-more-life-skills-before-graduating%2F" class="jeg_share_tw"><span class="share-text">Tweet</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="popularpost_item format-standard"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/10/who-is-americas-favorite-celebrity-chef/" data-num="04">Who is America’s favorite celebrity chef?</a> </h3> <div class="popularpost_meta"> <div class="jeg_socialshare"> <span class="share_count"><i class="fa fa-share-alt"></i> 0 shares</span> <div class="socialshare_list"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F10%2Fwho-is-americas-favorite-celebrity-chef%2F" class="jeg_share_fb"><span class="share-text">Share</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Who%20is%20America%E2%80%99s%20favorite%20celebrity%20chef%3F&url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F10%2Fwho-is-americas-favorite-celebrity-chef%2F" class="jeg_share_tw"><span class="share-text">Tweet</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </li><li class="popularpost_item format-standard"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/2024/10/average-american-eats-6-sandwiches-a-week/" data-num="05">Average American eats 6 sandwiches a week</a> </h3> <div class="popularpost_meta"> <div class="jeg_socialshare"> <span class="share_count"><i class="fa fa-share-alt"></i> 0 shares</span> <div class="socialshare_list"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F10%2Faverage-american-eats-6-sandwiches-a-week%2F" class="jeg_share_fb"><span class="share-text">Share</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Average%20American%20eats%206%20sandwiches%20a%20week&url=https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F10%2Faverage-american-eats-6-sandwiches-a-week%2F" class="jeg_share_tw"><span class="share-text">Tweet</span> <span class="share-count">0</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </li></ul></div></div></div></div> </div> <div class="jeg_ad jeg_article jnews_article_bottom_ads"> <div class='ads-wrapper '></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-body-class" class="post-template-default single single-post postid-70488 single-format-standard wp-embed-responsive jeg_toggle_light jeg_single_tpl_4 jnews jsc_normal wpb-js-composer js-comp-ver-6.13.0 vc_responsive"></div> </div> <div class="post-ajax-overlay"> <div class="preloader_type preloader_dot"> <div class="newsfeed_preloader jeg_preloader dot"> <span></span><span></span><span></span> </div> <div class="newsfeed_preloader jeg_preloader circle"> <div class="jnews_preloader_circle_outer"> <div class="jnews_preloader_circle_inner"></div> </div> </div> <div class="newsfeed_preloader jeg_preloader square"> <div class="jeg_square"><div class="jeg_square_inner"></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-holder" id="footer" data-id="footer"> <div class="jeg_footer jeg_footer_1 dark"> <div class="jeg_footer_container jeg_container"> <div class="jeg_footer_content"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="jeg_footer_primary clearfix"> <div class="col-md-4 footer_column"> <div class="footer_widget widget_jnews_about" id="jnews_about-1"> <div class="jeg_about "> <a class="footer_logo" href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/"> <img class='lazyload' src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" data-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png" data-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@1x.png 2x" alt="digitalhub US" data-light-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png" data-light-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@1x.png 2x" data-dark-src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png" data-dark-srcset="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@0.5x.png 1x, https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/swnsdigitial-2021-logo-dark@1x.png 2x" data-pin-no-hover="true"> </a> <p>SWNS Media Group is a leading daily news provider to national newspapers, national/international digital news sites, blogs, social communities and commercial news channels. To gain unlimited access to the SWNS digital hub and receive auto-update emails every time new content is added, all you need to do is register to be a user.</p> </div> </div><div class="footer_widget widget_jnews_social" id="jnews_social-1"> <div class="jeg_social_wrap "> <p> <strong>Follow Us</strong> </p> <div class="socials_widget rounded"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/swnsnews/about/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener nofollow" class="jeg_facebook"> <i class="fa fa-facebook"></i> </a><a href="https://twitter.com/DigiHubNews" target="_blank" rel="external noopener nofollow" class="jeg_twitter"> <i class="fa fa-twitter"></i> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/swns/" target="_blank" rel="external noopener nofollow" class="jeg_instagram"> <i class="fa fa-instagram"></i> </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiFcjEg5POFTckoR7vyN04Q" target="_blank" rel="external noopener nofollow" class="jeg_youtube"> <i class="fa fa-youtube-play"></i> </a> </div> <style scoped></style> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 footer_column"> <div class="footer_widget widget_nav_menu" id="nav_menu-2"><div class="jeg_footer_heading jeg_footer_heading_1"><h3 class="jeg_footer_title"><span>Browse by category</span></h3></div><div class="menu-footer-container"><ul id="menu-footer" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-62711" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62711"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/health-and-nutrition/">Health & Nutrition</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62713" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62713"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/science-and-tech/">Science & Technology</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62712" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-post-ancestor current-menu-parent current-post-parent menu-item-62712"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/lifestyle/">Lifestyle</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62714" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62714"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/family-and-children/">Family, Parenting, and Children</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62715" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62715"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/work/">Work & Careers</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62716" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62716"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/business-and-money/">Business & Money</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62717" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62717"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/food-and-drink/">Food & Drink</a></li> <li id="menu-item-62718" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-62718"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/category/entertainment/">Entertainment & TV</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 footer_column"> <div class="footer_widget widget_nav_menu" id="nav_menu-3"><div class="jeg_footer_heading jeg_footer_heading_1"><h3 class="jeg_footer_title"><span>Content</span></h3></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_footer_secondary clearfix">  <div class="footer_right"> <ul class="jeg_menu_footer"><li id="menu-item-43" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-43"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us">Home</a></li> <li id="menu-item-44" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-44"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/about/">The digitalhub</a></li> <li id="menu-item-9713" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-9713"><a href="/us/all-releases/">Archive</a></li> <li id="menu-item-45" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-45"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/contact/">Contact</a></li> <li id="menu-item-60" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-60"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/terms-and-conditions/">Terms & Conditions</a></li> <li id="menu-item-65" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-65"><a href="https://swnsdigital.com/us/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> </ul> </div>  <p class="copyright"> © 2021 <a href="https://swnsdigital.com" title="SWNS digital hub">SWNSdigital</a> </p> </div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="jscroll-to-top"> <a href="#back-to-top" class="jscroll-to-top_link"><i class="fa fa-angle-up"></i></a> </div> </div>  <div id="jeg_off_canvas" class="normal"> <a href="#" class="jeg_menu_close"><i class="jegicon-cross"></i></a> <div class="jeg_bg_overlay"></div> <div class="jeg_mobile_wrapper"> <div class="nav_wrap"> <div class="item_main">  <div class="jeg_aside_item jeg_search_wrapper jeg_search_no_expand round"> <a href="#" class="jeg_search_toggle"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></a> <form action="https://swnsdigital.com/us/" method="get" class="jeg_search_form" target="_top"> <input name="s" class="jeg_search_input" placeholder="Search..." type="text" value="" autocomplete="off"> <button aria-label="Search Button" type="submit" class="jeg_search_button btn"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></button> </form>  <div class="jeg_search_result jeg_search_hide with_result"> <div class="search-result-wrapper"> </div> <div class="search-link search-noresult"> No Result </div> <div class="search-link search-all-button"> <i class="fa fa-search"></i> View All Result </div> </div></div><div class="jeg_aside_item"> </div> </div> <div class="item_bottom"> <div class="jeg_aside_item socials_widget nobg"> <a href="http://facebook.com" target='_blank' rel='external noopener nofollow' class="jeg_facebook"><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i> </a><a href="http://twitter.com" target='_blank' rel='external noopener nofollow' class="jeg_twitter"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i> </a></div><div class="jeg_aside_item jeg_aside_copyright"> <p>© 2021 <a href="https://swnsdigital.com" title="SWNS digital hub">SWNSdigital</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="jeg_loginform" class="jeg_popup mfp-with-anim mfp-hide"> <div class="jeg_popupform jeg_popup_account"> <form action="#" data-type="login" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8"> <h3>Welcome Back!</h3> <p>Login to your account below</p>  <div class="form-message"></div> <p class="input_field"> <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username" value=""> </p> <p class="input_field"> <input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Password" value=""> </p> <p class="input_field remember_me"> <input type="checkbox" id="remember_me" name="remember_me" value="true"> <label for="remember_me">Remember Me</label> </p> <p class="submit"> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="login_handler"> <input type="hidden" name="jnews_nonce" value="1ee5d329de"> <input type="submit" name="jeg_login_button" class="button" value="Log In" data-process="Processing . . ." data-string="Log In"> </p> <div class="bottom_links clearfix"> <a href="#jeg_forgotform" class="jeg_popuplink forgot">Forgotten Password?</a> <a href="#jeg_registerform" class="jeg_popuplink"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> Sign Up</a> </div> </form> </div> </div>  <div id="jeg_registerform" class="jeg_popup mfp-with-anim mfp-hide"> <div class="jeg_popupform jeg_popup_account"> <form action="#" data-type="register" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8"> <h3>Create New Account!</h3> <p>Fill the forms below to register</p>  <div class="form-message"></div> <p class="input_field"> <input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Your email" value=""> </p> <p class="input_field"> <input type="text" name="username" placeholder="Username" value=""> </p> <div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey=""></div> <p class="submit"> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="register_handler"> <input type="hidden" name="jnews_nonce" value="1ee5d329de"> <input type="submit" name="jeg_login_button" class="button" value="Sign Up" data-process="Processing . . ." data-string="Sign Up"> </p> <div class="bottom_links clearfix"> <span>All fields are required.</span> <a href="#jeg_loginform" class="jeg_popuplink"><i class="fa fa-lock"></i> Log In</a> </div> </form> </div> </div>  <div id="jeg_forgotform" class="jeg_popup mfp-with-anim mfp-hide"> <div class="jeg_popupform jeg_popup_account"> <form action="#" data-type="forgot" method="post" accept-charset="utf-8"> <h3>Retrieve your password</h3> <p>Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.</p>  <div class="form-message"></div> <p class="input_field"> <input type="text" name="user_login" placeholder="Your email or username" value=""> </p> <div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey=""></div> <p class="submit"> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="forget_password_handler"> <input type="hidden" name="jnews_nonce" value="1ee5d329de"> <input type="submit" name="jeg_login_button" class="button" value="Reset Password" data-process="Processing . . ." data-string="Reset Password"> </p> <div class="bottom_links clearfix"> <a href="#jeg_loginform" class="jeg_popuplink"><i class="fa fa-lock"></i> Log In</a> </div> </form> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">var jfla = ["view_counter"]</script> <script type="text/javascript"> __tlid = ''; __tlconfig = {hOverflow: false, vOverflow: false}; setTimeout(function(){(function(d,t){var s=d.createElement(t),x=d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0]; s.type='text/javascript';s.async=true;s.src='//cdn.thinglink.me/jse/embed.js'; x.parentNode.insertBefore(s,x);})(document,'script');},0); </script><div id="selectShareContainer"> <div class="selectShare-inner"> <div class="select_share jeg_share_button"> <button class="select-share-button jeg_btn-facebook" data-url="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=[url]&quote=[selected_text]" data-post-url="https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F" data-image-url="" data-title="Why%203%20in%204%20Gen%20Z%20blame%20social%20media%20for%20their%20mental%20health%20decline" ><i class="fa fa-facebook-official"></i></a><button class="select-share-button jeg_btn-twitter" data-url="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=[selected_text]&url=[url]" data-post-url="https%3A%2F%2Fswnsdigital.com%2Fus%2F2024%2F08%2Fwhy-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline%2F" data-image-url="" data-title="Why%203%20in%204%20Gen%20Z%20blame%20social%20media%20for%20their%20mental%20health%20decline" ><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> </div> <div class="selectShare-arrowClip"> <div class="selectShare-arrow"></div> </div> </div> </div><div class="jeg_read_progress_wrapper"></div><div class="wt-cli-cookie-bar-container" data-nosnippet="true"><div id="cookie-law-info-bar" role="dialog" aria-live="polite" aria-label="cookieconsent" aria-describedby="wt-cli-cookie-banner" data-cli-geo-loc="0" style="padding:13px 20px; text-align:left; box-sizing:border-box;" class="wt-cli-cookie-bar"><div class="cli-wrapper"><span id="wt-cli-cookie-banner"><div class="cli-bar-container cli-style-v2"><div class="cli-bar-message">We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. However you may visit Cookie Settings to provide a controlled consent.</div><div class="cli-bar-btn_container"><a id="wt-cli-settings-btn" tabindex="0" role='button' style="border-bottom:1px solid;" class="wt-cli-element cli_settings_button" >Cookie settings</a><a id="wt-cli-accept-btn" tabindex="0" role='button' style="margin:5px 5px 5px 30px; border-radius:0px; padding:8px 25px;" data-cli_action="accept" class="wt-cli-element medium cli-plugin-button cli-plugin-main-button cookie_action_close_header cli_action_button" >ACCEPT</a></div></div></span></div></div><div tabindex="0" id="cookie-law-info-again" style="display:none;"><span id="cookie_hdr_showagain">Manage consent</span></div><div class="cli-modal" id="cliSettingsPopup" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-privacy-title" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="cli-modal-dialog" role="document"> <div class="cli-modal-content cli-bar-popup"> <button aria-label="Close" type="button" class="cli-modal-close" id="cliModalClose"> <svg class="" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M19 6.41l-1.41-1.41-5.59 5.59-5.59-5.59-1.41 1.41 5.59 5.59-5.59 5.59 1.41 1.41 5.59-5.59 5.59 5.59 1.41-1.41-5.59-5.59z"></path><path d="M0 0h24v24h-24z" fill="none"></path></svg> <span class="wt-cli-sr-only">Close</span> </button> <div class="cli-modal-body"> <div class="wt-cli-element cli-container-fluid cli-tab-container"> <div class="cli-row"> <div class="cli-col-12 cli-align-items-stretch cli-px-0"> <div class="cli-privacy-overview"> <h4 id='wt-cli-privacy-title'>Privacy Overview</h4> <div class="cli-privacy-content"> <div class="cli-privacy-content-text">This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.</div> </div> <a id="wt-cli-privacy-readmore" tabindex="0" role="button" class="cli-privacy-readmore" data-readmore-text="Show more" data-readless-text="Show less"></a> </div> </div> <div class="cli-col-12 cli-align-items-stretch cli-px-0 cli-tab-section-container" role="tablist"> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-necessary" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-necessary" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-necessary" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="necessary" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Necessary </a> <div class="wt-cli-necessary-checkbox"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-necessary" aria-label="Necessary" data-id="checkbox-necessary" checked="checked" /> <label class="form-check-label" for="wt-cli-checkbox-necessary"> Necessary </label> </div> <span class="cli-necessary-caption"> Always Enabled </span> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-necessary" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-necessary" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="necessary"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">AWSELB</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Associated with Amazon Web Services and created by Elastic Load Balancing, AWSELB cookie is used to manage sticky sessions across production servers.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">11 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">11 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">11 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">cookielawinfo-checkbox-others</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">11 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">11 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CookieLawInfoConsent</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">JSESSIONID</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">New Relic uses this cookie to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">lvapp_session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">6 hours</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Linkedin sets this cookie to allow the forms to function within the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">viewed_cookie_policy</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">11 months</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">XSRF-TOKEN</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">6 hours</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Wix set this cookie for security purposes.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-functional" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-functional" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-functional" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="functional" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Functional </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-functional" aria-label="functional" data-id="checkbox-functional" role="switch" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-link-functional" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-functional" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-functional" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">functional</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-functional" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-functional" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="functional"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-performance" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-performance" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-performance" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="performance" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Performance </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-performance" aria-label="performance" data-id="checkbox-performance" role="switch" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-link-performance" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-performance" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-performance" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">performance</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-performance" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-performance" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="performance"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">swpm_session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">This cookie is set by the Simple WordPress Membership Plugin. This cookie is used for membership login session and to provide access to the protected content on the website.This cookie keeps the login records so user don't want to authorise each time while moving to next page.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-analytics" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-analytics" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="analytics" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Analytics </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-analytics" aria-label="analytics" data-id="checkbox-analytics" role="switch" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-analytics" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">analytics</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-analytics" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-analytics" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="analytics"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">CONSENT</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">2 years</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_ga</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_gat_gtag_UA_*</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 minute</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_ga_*</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">_gid</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 day</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Google Analytics sets this cookie to store information on how visitors use a website while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the collected data includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-advertisement" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-advertisement" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-advertisement" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="advertisement" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Advertisement </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-advertisement" aria-label="advertisement" data-id="checkbox-advertisement" role="switch" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-link-advertisement" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-advertisement" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-advertisement" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">advertisement</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-advertisement" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-advertisement" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="advertisement"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Set by Google DoubleClick, this cookie is used to create user profiles to display relevant ads.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">muc_ads</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Twitter sets this cookie to collect user behaviour and interaction data to optimize the website.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">personalization_id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 year 1 month 4 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Twitter sets this cookie to integrate and share features for social media and also store information about how the user uses the website, for tracking and targeting.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">test_cookie</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">15 minutes</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">doubleclick.net sets this cookie to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">5 months 27 days</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">YSC</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt-remote-connected-devices</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt-remote-device-id</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to store the user's video preferences using embedded YouTube videos.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt.innertube::nextId</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">yt.innertube::requests</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">never</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-section"> <div class="cli-tab-header"> <a id="wt-cli-tab-link-others" tabindex="0" role="tab" aria-expanded="false" aria-describedby="wt-cli-tab-others" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-others" class="cli-nav-link cli-settings-mobile" data-target="others" data-toggle="cli-toggle-tab"> Others </a> <div class="cli-switch"> <input type="checkbox" class="cli-user-preference-checkbox" id="wt-cli-checkbox-others" aria-label="others" data-id="checkbox-others" role="switch" aria-controls="wt-cli-tab-link-others" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-others" /> <label for="wt-cli-checkbox-others" class="cli-slider" data-cli-enable="Enabled" data-cli-disable="Disabled"><span class="wt-cli-sr-only">others</span></label> </div> </div> <div class="cli-tab-content"> <div id="wt-cli-tab-others" tabindex="0" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="wt-cli-tab-link-others" class="cli-tab-pane cli-fade" data-id="others"> <div class="wt-cli-cookie-description">Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. <table class="wt-cli-element cookielawinfo-row-cat-table cookielawinfo-winter"><thead><tr><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-1">Cookie</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-3">Duration</th><th scope="col" class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">aff</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">1 month</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">No description available.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">jnews_view_counter_visits[0]</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">less than a minute</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description is currently not available.</td></tr><tr class="cookielawinfo-row"><td class="cookielawinfo-column-1">site</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-3">session</td><td class="cookielawinfo-column-4">Description is currently not available.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-modal-footer"> <div class="wt-cli-element cli-container-fluid cli-tab-container"> <div class="cli-row"> <div class="cli-col-12 cli-align-items-stretch cli-px-0"> <div class="cli-tab-footer wt-cli-privacy-overview-actions"> <a id="wt-cli-privacy-save-btn" role="button" tabindex="0" data-cli-action="accept" class="wt-cli-privacy-btn cli_setting_save_button wt-cli-privacy-accept-btn cli-btn">Save & Accept</a> </div> <div class="wt-cli-ckyes-footer-section"> <div class="wt-cli-ckyes-brand-logo">Powered by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cookieyes.com/"><img src="https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent/public/images/logo-cookieyes.svg" alt="CookieYes Logo"></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cli-modal-backdrop cli-fade cli-settings-overlay"></div> <div class="cli-modal-backdrop cli-fade cli-popupbar-overlay"></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ cli_cookiebar_settings='{"animate_speed_hide":"500","animate_speed_show":"500","background":"#ec1d23","border":"#b1a6a6c2","border_on":false,"button_1_button_colour":"rgb(97, 162, 41)","button_1_button_hover":"rgb(97, 162, 41)","button_1_link_colour":"rgb(255, 255, 255)","button_1_as_button":true,"button_1_new_win":false,"button_2_button_colour":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","button_2_button_hover":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","button_2_link_colour":"#fff","button_2_as_button":false,"button_2_hidebar":false,"button_2_nofollow":false,"button_3_button_colour":"rgb(97, 162, 41)","button_3_button_hover":"rgb(97, 162, 41)","button_3_link_colour":"#ffffff","button_3_as_button":true,"button_3_new_win":false,"button_4_button_colour":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","button_4_button_hover":"rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)","button_4_link_colour":"rgb(137, 136, 136)","button_4_as_button":false,"button_7_button_colour":"rgb(97, 162, 41)","button_7_button_hover":"rgb(97, 162, 41)","button_7_link_colour":"rgb(255, 255, 255)","button_7_as_button":true,"button_7_new_win":false,"font_family":"inherit","header_fix":false,"notify_animate_hide":true,"notify_animate_show":false,"notify_div_id":"#cookie-law-info-bar","notify_position_horizontal":"right","notify_position_vertical":"bottom","scroll_close":false,"scroll_close_reload":false,"accept_close_reload":false,"reject_close_reload":false,"showagain_tab":true,"showagain_background":"#fff","showagain_border":"#000","showagain_div_id":"#cookie-law-info-again","showagain_x_position":"100px","text":"#ffffff","show_once_yn":false,"show_once":"10000","logging_on":false,"as_popup":false,"popup_overlay":true,"bar_heading_text":"","cookie_bar_as":"widget","cookie_setting_popup":true,"accept_all":true,"js_script_blocker":false,"popup_showagain_position":"bottom-right","widget_position":"right","button_1_style":[["margin","5px 5px 5px 30px"],["border-radius","0px"],["padding","8px 25px"]],"button_2_style":{"0":["display","inline-block"],"1":["background","none"],"2":["border-radius","0px"],"4":["text-align","left"],"5":["font-size","14px"],"6":["padding","5px 8px"],"7":["padding-left","5px"],"8":["margin-left","0px"],"9":["line-height","16px"],"10":["border","solid 0px #fff"],"11":["text-decoration","underline"],"12":["font-weight","600"]},"button_3_style":[["margin","5px 5px 5px 10px"],["border-radius","0px"],["padding","8px 25px"]],"button_4_style":[["border-bottom","1px solid"]],"button_5_style":{"0":["display","inline-block"],"1":["background","none"],"2":["border-radius","20px"],"3":["border","solid 1px #fff"],"4":["color","#fff"],"5":["text-align","center"],"6":["font-size","12px"],"7":["width","22px"],"8":["height","22px"],"9":["line-height","22px"],"10":["margin-right","-15px"],"11":["margin-top","-15px"],"12":["float","right"],"13":["cursor","pointer"],"15":["background-color","rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)"]},"button_7_style":[["margin","5px 5px 5px 30px"],["border-radius","0px"],["padding","8px 25px"]],"accept_close_page_navigation":false}'; /* ]]> */ </script> <link rel='stylesheet' id='cookie-law-info-table-css' href='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/webtoffee-gdpr-cookie-consent/public/css/cookie-law-info-table.css?ver=2.4.0' type='text/css' media='all' /> <script type='text/javascript' id='jquery-form-validation-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var swpmFbValidation = {"str":{"checkOne":"Please check at least one."}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/swpm-form-builder/js/jquery.validate.min.js?ver=5.0.1' id='jquery-form-validation-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/swpm-form-builder/js/swpm-validation.js?ver=5.0.1' id='swpm-form-builder-validation-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/swpm-form-builder/js/jquery.metadata.js?ver=5.0.1' id='swpm-form-builder-metadata-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/swpm-form-builder/js/i18n/validate/messages-en_US.js?ver=1.9.0' id='swpm-validation-i18n-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/swv/js/index.js?ver=5.7.7' id='swv-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='contact-form-7-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"api":{"root":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-json\/","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/index.js?ver=5.7.7' id='contact-form-7-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/legacy/inc/static/js/swiped-events.min.js?ver=1.1.4' id='swiped-events-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/js/imagesloaded.min.js?ver=4.1.4' id='imagesloaded-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/js/jquery/ui/effect.min.js?ver=1.13.2' id='jquery-effects-core-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='ditty-news-ticker-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var mtphr_dnt_vars = {"is_rtl":""}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/legacy/inc/static/js/ditty-news-ticker.min.js?ver=3.1.21' id='ditty-news-ticker-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/photospace-responsive/plugin-assets/js/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.0.0' id='photospace_responsive_gallery-migrate-min-frontend-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/photospace-responsive/plugin-assets/js/frontend.min.js?ver=1.0.0' id='photospace_responsive_gallery-frontend-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/youtube-channel/assets/lib/bigger-picture/bigger-picture.min.js?ver=3.23.4' id='bigger-picture-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/youtube-channel/assets/js/youtube-channel.min.js?ver=3.23.4' id='youtube-channel-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='za-general-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var za_ajax = {"ajax_url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/zip-attachments/js/general.js?ver=1.0.2' id='za-general-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='stc-subscribe-functions-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var script_vars = {"approvalStr":"Awaiting Approval"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/subscribe-to-category//js/stc-subscribe-functions.min.js?ver=2.6.13' id='stc-subscribe-functions-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js?ver=6.2.2' id='comment-reply-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-includes/js/hoverIntent.min.js?ver=1.10.2' id='hoverIntent-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='jnews-frontend-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var jnewsoption = {"login_reload":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/2024\/08\/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline","popup_script":"magnific","single_gallery":"","ismobile":"","isie":"1","sidefeed_ajax":"","language":"en_US","module_prefix":"jnews_module_ajax_","live_search":"1","postid":"70488","isblog":"1","admin_bar":"0","follow_video":"","follow_position":"top_right","rtl":"0","gif":"","lang":{"invalid_recaptcha":"Invalid Recaptcha!","empty_username":"Please enter your username!","empty_email":"Please enter your email!","empty_password":"Please enter your password!"},"recaptcha":"0","site_slug":"\/","site_domain":"swnsdigital.com","zoom_button":"0"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/dist/frontend.min.js?ver=1.0.0' id='jnews-frontend-js'></script>  <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/youtube-embed-plus/scripts/fitvids.min.js?ver=14.1.6.3' id='__ytprefsfitvids__-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/jnews-social-login/assets/js/plugin.js?ver=10.0.3' id='jnews-social-login-style-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='jnews-select-share-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var jnews_select_share = {"is_customize_preview":""}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/jnews-social-share/assets/js/plugin.js' id='jnews-select-share-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://swnsdigital.com/us/wp-content/plugins/jnews-weather/assets/js/plugin.js?ver=10.0.3' id='jnews-weather-js'></script> <div class="jeg_ad jnews_mobile_sticky_ads "></div><script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"article","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/2024\/08\/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline\/"},"dateCreated":"2024-08-16 08:01:21","datePublished":"2024-08-16 08:01:21","dateModified":"2024-08-14 20:27:12","url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/2024\/08\/why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline\/","headline":"Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline","name":"Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline","articleBody":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By Joseph Staples \/\/ SWNS<\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fo\/sntbaeh4gp4nh44pjp2er\/AAcG7usBYWbX-PYg78XqcOo?rlkey=z1ylp84hsropjjvm8cnrgtrpc&st=pnzldhzv&dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>NEWS COPY W\/ VIDEO + INFOGRAPHIC<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nThree in four Gen Zers are putting the blame on social media for having a negative impact on their mental health, according to a new study.\r\n\r\nThe poll of 2,000 Gen Z Americans who use social media found Instagram (20%), TikTok (20%) and Facebook (13%) have all had a negative impact on their wellbeing.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[embedyt]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ee2LurfytbQ[\/embedyt]<\/p>\r\nMany said the reasons they use social media are because they\u2019re bored (66%), want to laugh (59%), want to see what\u2019s happening in the world (49%) and to see what their friends are up to (44%).\r\n\r\nHowever, this social media scrolling leaves nearly half of Gen Zers (49%) feeling some kind of negative emotion like stress and anxiety (30%).\r\n\r\nCommissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lg.com\/global\/lifes-good-in-action\/optimism-your-feed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LG Electronics<\/a> and conducted by Talker Research, the study found those who experience negative emotions report that it only takes them 38 minutes on social media before they start to feel bad.<a href=\"http:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gen-Z-and-Social-Media.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-70490\" src=\"http:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gen-Z-and-Social-Media.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"1805\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nRespondents attribute these feelings to consuming upsetting content (51%), feeling unproductive with how they spent their time (49%) and\/or experiencing FOMO (36%).\r\n\r\nThe average person spends five and a half hours on social media apps per day, and 45% believe they spend more time on social media than their friends.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe spend a significant portion of our lives online and often these experiences may leave us feeling drained and not mentally stimulated,\u201d said Louis Giagrande, head of U.S. marketing at LG Electronics. \u201cWe encourage everyone to be more conscious about the social media content they choose to engage with, bringing stronger balance, inspiration and happiness to their lives. If we focus on optimism, we will be better equipped to deal with life\u2019s challenges and build a happier life.\u201d\r\n\r\nResults also found, not surprisingly, 62% of Gen Zers wish they could \u201creset\u201d their social media feeds and start over again.\r\n\r\nOver half (53%) report feeling frustrated that content on their feed doesn\u2019t match what they want to see.\r\n\r\nJust as many (54%) believe they have either \u201csome,\u201d \u201clittle,\u201d or \u201cno control at all\u201d over what they see on their social media feeds. In fact, only 16% believe they have total control over what they see.\r\n\r\nWhile many said they associate platforms with negative emotions, the study also found 80% claimed they also associate social media with a positive impact on their mood.\r\n\r\nContent reported to evoke positive emotions are comedy (65%), animals (48%), beauty (40%) and prank videos (34%). Meanwhile, content exhibiting physical violence (50%), politics (40%), and sexually explicit content (32%) tends to lead to negative emotions.\r\n\r\nTwo-thirds (65%) have turned a bad day into a good one because of what they\u2019ve seen on social media. Adding to this, respondents were 70% more likely to use social media when they are in a good mood compared to a bad mood and 44% believe social media has a positive impact on their outlook on life.\r\n\r\nOver the course of the next five years, 38% believe social media platforms can improve their impact on mental health.\r\n\r\n\u201cAlgorithms play a significant role in the content we see on social media, but there are simple actions people can take to \u2018reset\u2019 their feeds, so they can enjoy more of the positive content they\u2019re craving,\u201d continued Giagrande. \u201cWhen you come across content that makes you smile, give it some extra attention. \u2018Like it\u2019 and leave a comment. Giving that post some engagement can help inspire more positive posts like it to show up on your feed.\u201d\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WHAT\u2019S CAUSING GEN Z TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA DAILY?<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Boredom - 66%<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I want to laugh\/smile - 59%<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Need a distraction\/break - 55%<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I want to see what is happening in the world - 49%<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I want to see what my friends are doing - 44%<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I want to connect with others - 42%<\/li>\r\n \t<li>I want to disengage\/need downtime - 33%<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Looking for specific information - 32%<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Survey methodology:<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<em><strong>Talker Research surveyed 2,000 Gen Z Americans<\/strong> who use social media; the survey was commissioned by<strong> LG Electronics<\/strong> and administered and conducted online by <strong>Talker Research between June 20 and June 24, 2024.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>We are sourcing from a non-probability frame and the two main sources we use are:<\/em><\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>Traditional online access panels \u2014 where respondents opt-in to take part in online market research for an incentive<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>Programmatic \u2014 where respondents are online and are given the option to take part in a survey to receive a virtual incentive usually related to the online activity they are engaging in<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em>Those who did not fit the specified sample were terminated from the survey. As the survey is fielded, dynamic online sampling is used, adjusting targeting to achieve the quotas specified as part of the sampling plan.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Regardless of which sources a respondent came from, they were directed to an Online Survey, where the survey was conducted in English; a link to the questionnaire can be shared upon request. Respondents were awarded points for completing the survey. These points have a small cash-equivalent monetary value.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em>Cells are only reported on for analysis if they have a minimum of 80 respondents, and statistical significance is calculated at the 95% level. Data is not weighted, but quotas and other parameters are put in place to reach the desired sample.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<strong><em>Interviews are excluded from the final analysis if they failed quality-checking measures. This includes:<\/em><\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><em>Speeders: Respondents who complete the survey in a time that is quicker than one-third of the median length of interview are disqualified as speeders<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>Open ends: All verbatim responses (full open-ended questions as well as other please specify options) are checked for inappropriate or irrelevant text<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>Bots: Captcha is enabled on surveys, which allows the research team to identify and disqualify bots<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><em>Duplicates: Survey software has \u201cdeduping\u201d based on digital fingerprinting, which ensures nobody is allowed to take the survey more than once<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<em>It is worth noting that this survey was only available to individuals with internet access, and the results may not be generalizable to those without internet access.<\/em>","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"DigitalHubUSA","url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/author\/digitalhubusa\/"},"articleSection":["Lifestyle","Research","Social Media","USA-ONLY"],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-pixabay-533446.jpg","width":1280,"height":539},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"","url":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"sameAs":["http:\/\/facebook.com","http:\/\/twitter.com"]}}</script> <script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"hentry","entry-title":"Why 3 in 4 Gen Z blame social media for their mental health decline","published":"2024-08-16 08:01:21","updated":"2024-08-14 20:27:12"}</script> <script type='application/ld+json'>{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us?year=2024&monthnum=08&name=why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline","name":null}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/swnsdigital.com\/us?year=2024&monthnum=08&name=why-3-in-4-gen-z-blame-social-media-for-their-mental-health-decline","name":null}}]}</script> <script type="text/javascript">;!function(){"use strict";window.jnews=window.jnews||{},window.jnews.first_load=window.jnews.first_load||{},window.jnews.first_load=function(){var e=this,t=jnews.library,n="object"==typeof jnews&&"object"==typeof jnews.library;e.data=null,e.run_ajax=!0,e.run_loginregister=!0,e.clear=function(){e.run_ajax=!0,e.run_loginregister=!0,e.data=null},e.init=function(){n&&(t.globalBody.querySelectorAll(".jeg_popup_account").length&&jnews.loginregister&&e.run_loginregister&&(e.run_loginregister=!1,jnews.loginregister.init(),jnews.loginregister.hook_form()),jfla.length&&e.run_ajax&&(e.run_ajax=!1,e.do_ajax({action:"jnews_first_load_action",jnews_id:jnewsoption.postid,load_action:jfla})))},e.update_counter=function(){if(n){var o={total_view:t.globalBody.querySelectorAll(".jeg_share_stats .jeg_views_count .counts"),total_share:t.globalBody.querySelectorAll(".jeg_share_stats .jeg_share_count .counts"),total_comment:t.globalBody.querySelectorAll(".jeg_meta_comment a span")};t.forEach(Object.entries(e.data.counter),(function([e,n]){o[e].length&&t.forEach(o[e],(function(e,o){t.setText(e,n)}))}))}},e.do_ajax=function(o){if(n){var a=new XMLHttpRequest;a.onreadystatechange=function(){XMLHttpRequest.DONE===a.readyState&&200==a.status&&(e.data=JSON.parse(a.responseText),e.data.counter&&"object"==typeof e.data.counter&&e.update_counter())},a.open("POST",jnews_ajax_url,!0),a.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8"),a.send(t.httpBuildQuery(o))}}},window.jnews.first_load=new window.jnews.first_load,jnews.first_load.init()}();</script><script type="text/javascript"></script></body> </html>