Mitch Prinstein, a professor of psychology and neuroscience, characterizes social media as a "perfect storm" for adolescents because they generally report feeling worse about themselves after going online, as they rely on peer feedback to create a stable self-image while viewing highly edited, curated versions of others' lives.

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