Psychologist's Guide to Adolescents and Social Media - Chapter 3: Emotional regulation

This chapter introduces the psychological benefits of social media in managing one's emotional world, utilizing research to explore the benefits of expressive writing and being heard. Psychological theory in the form of the “uses and gratifications theory” is applied to social media, highlighting the multiple benefits and wide-ranging needs that are being met by social media companies, from entertainment to news, to shopping to escapism: a whistle-stop tour of the emotional regulation uses of social media.