Social media feeds have been flooded with raw footage of war ever since Russia invaded Ukraine over two weeks ago. Experts wonder what kind of impact this kind of unfiltered and often times unsolicited footage is having on social media's most impressionable users.
The Washington Post reported Friday that the Biden Administration hosted 30 of the top social media influencers to brief them on the situation in Ukraine. A large chunk of America's youth is tethered in some way to social media outlets where these individuals have garnered a large following.
"When they see something like that, there’s no place to put it," explained Child and Adolescent Therapist Darby Fox. "How do you understand the bombs going off? The bodies strewn about with blood, it’s a very scary impact."The husband of a Ukrainian woman shared the story of his wife's harrowing escape from her war-torn homeland as Vladimir Putin's Russian army commenced a full-fledged invasion two weeks ago.
"It’s on TikTok mostly. It’s scary to know that stuff like this is happening, people are dying, scared and it’s like the stuff you see in history books that you didn’t think was gonna happen again," Jennell-Streeter said. Experts likely agree. Fox said her clients who struggle with anxiety have found it difficult to understand violent scenes of death and destruction.
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