PAPER ID: Vol. III Issue IV (January to March 2026) /18- 25 /3
AUTHOR : Tamanna[i] Dr. Sunaina [ii]
TITLE: LIKES, SHARES, AND SILENT FLARES: A PERCEPTION STUDY ON SOCIAL MEDIA’S INFLUENCE ON INTRA-FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING
ABSTRACT: This study explores the complex ways in which social media influences the communication and emotions of families. Using quantitative data collected from a survey of social media users, the differences in how men and women experience social media within families are examined and compared with families that do not reside together. Results indicate that although some participants believed that social media had a negative effect on quality family interaction, most did not report that it caused conflict within the family. Rather, responses suggest that social media serves as a technological distraction from face-to-face family interaction. Looking at the data through the lens of gender and family type, results reveal that women living with nuclear families reported higher positive affect and lower negative affect than other groups. In contrast, individuals and families from extended families reported a more complex and various set of negative emotions, particularly among the men in these households, and women in these households reported higher levels of negative emotions in a bimodal distribution. These results suggest that the extended family setting exacerbates the complexity of expectations and roles within families, leading to greater negative emotions, particularly in a technological society in which women are increasingly defined by their work roles. The study illustrated the highlights the method through which social world of the family impacted by the digital world as well as family interaction and emotional well-being firstly affected by social media through influence and distraction, and affected by the intersection of gender and family structure.
KEYWORDS : Social Media, Family Communication, Emotional Well-being, Positive Affect, Negative Affect, Family Structure
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