The Use of Instagram and Psychological Well-Being in the Digital Era
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.200120.023How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Psychological well-being, Instagram application, digital age
- Abstract
In this digital era, human life has been dominated by technological advances and social media. Instagram is one of the social media that almost everyone knows and uses. However, most people do not become aware that the use of Instagram can affect their psychological well-being. Here, the author conducted research to seek the advantages and disadvantages of Instagram towards people’s psychological well-being. The method used in this study is qualitative with interview techniques. The subject of this study comprises twenty Instagram users. From 20 subjects, various results were obtained, such as the benefits of Instagram to improve one’s psychological well-being and the disadvantages of Instagram that affect the condition of one’s psychological well-being. This research is also inspired by previous findings from several journal articles.
- Copyright
- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ivan Jati Kusuma AU - M. Salis Yuniardi PY - 2020 DA - 2020/01/22 TI - The Use of Instagram and Psychological Well-Being in the Digital Era BT - Proceedings of the 5th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 104 EP - 107 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200120.023 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.200120.023 ID - Kusuma2020 ER -