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Title
Social media can hamper teenagers figuring out who they want to be. Banning it until 16 is a good idea
Published by
The Conversation, July 2024
DOI 10.64628/aa.g4qyc6myu
Authors

Sharman, Rachael, Rachael Sharman

Abstract

Age 13 to 16 is an important time for the development of a young person’s identity. This process is complicated by social media.

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Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 136. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 May 2025.
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#364,068
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#45,018
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Altmetric has tracked 29,998,507 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 225,411 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 89.9. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% of its peers.