Social Media Effect Some 95% of teenagers have access to smartphones, with 97% using the internet daily[1], and the effects of social media on athletes have emerged as what health authorities now call "an urgent public health issue"[1]. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has raised considerable alarm about these platforms' effects on youth mental health[2]; a concern that resonates with particular force among athletic populations. Athletes face unique pressures that their non-