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Media is unquestionably a very large and effective form of communication. The growth of India's rural youth is significantly influenced by social media. India's rural areas are most important part of India because 70 percent of the country's people reside in villages. The study was conducted in rural areas of 2 cultural zones Nardak and Bagar of Haryana purposively. The study was conducted in the Hisar and Karnal districts of Haryana State. Distraction and stress were ranked first and second, respectively, in terms of the effects of social media on several facets of mental health. The results also showed that more than 40% of respondents reported both a severe and moderate level of social media's impact on stress and distraction. It revealed that the majority of the respondents (70%) reported that a lack of interaction with neighbours and relatives affected their social health and scored first. Further results showed that more than 55 percent of the respondents reported that a lack of interaction with teachers and parents also affected social health. A low degree of impact on all aspects of health was experienced by 38.61 percent of respondents, followed by a medium level of impact by 19.44 percent.
Keywords: social media, impact, health, mental, physical, social
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