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\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side of Social Media: Psychological, Managerial, and Societal Perspectives \u003c/i\u003eexamines how social media can negatively affect our lives. The book tackles issues related to social media such as emotional and mental health, shortened attention spans, selective self-presentation and narcissism, the declining quality of interpersonal relationships, privacy and security, cyberstalking, cyberbullying, misinformation and online deception, and negative peer effects. It goes on to discuss social media and companies (loss of power, challenging control mechanisms) and societies as a whole (fake news, chatbots, changes in the workplace).\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Side of Social Media: Psychological, Managerial, and Societal Perspectives \u003c/i\u003eempowers readers to have a more holistic understanding of the consequences of utilizing social media. It does not necessarily argue that social media is a bad development, but rather serves to complement the numerous empirical findings on the \"bright side\" of social media with a cautionary view on the negative developments.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on interpersonal communication through social media\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on psychology of media effects\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores social media issues on both an individual and societal level\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDocuments the rise of social media from niche phenomenon to mass market\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the differences between creating and consuming content\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e |