▁that ▁these ▁liter a cies ▁must ▁be ▁changed ▁further ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁most ▁effect iveness . ▁In ▁order ▁to ▁decrease ▁polar ization ▁and ▁encou rage ▁co operation ▁among ▁social ▁media ▁users , ▁Mih ail id is ▁and ▁Vi ot ty ▁suggest ▁that ▁media ▁liter a cies ▁must ▁focus ▁on ▁teaching ▁individuals ▁how ▁to ▁connect ▁with ▁other ▁people ▁in ▁a ▁car ing ▁way , ▁em brace ▁differences , ▁and ▁understand ▁the ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁social ▁media ▁has ▁a ▁real istic ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁political , ▁social , ▁and ▁cultural ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁society ▁they ▁are ▁a ▁part ▁of . ▁ ▁S tere ot yp ing ▁Rec ent ▁research ▁has ▁demonstrated ▁that ▁social ▁media , ▁and ▁media ▁in ▁general , ▁have ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁increase ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁s tere ot ypes ▁not ▁only ▁in ▁children ▁but ▁people ▁all ▁ages . ▁Three ▁research ers ▁at ▁Blan qu erna ▁University , ▁Spain , ▁exam ined ▁how ▁ad oles c ents ▁interact ▁with ▁social ▁media ▁and ▁specifically ▁Facebook . ▁They ▁suggest ▁that ▁interactions ▁on ▁the ▁website ▁encou rage ▁representing ▁ones elf ▁in ▁the ▁traditional ▁gender ▁construct s , ▁which ▁helps ▁maintain ▁gender ▁s tere ot ypes . ▁The ▁authors ▁noted ▁that ▁girls ▁generally ▁show ▁more ▁em otion ▁in ▁their ▁posts ▁and ▁more ▁frequently ▁change ▁their ▁profile ▁pictures , ▁which ▁according ▁to ▁some ▁psych olog ists ▁can ▁lead ▁to ▁self - object ification . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁the ▁research ers ▁found ▁that ▁boys ▁prefer ▁to ▁port ray ▁themselves ▁as ▁strong , ▁independent , ▁and