There are many reasons why social media is best avoided during the summer. All those shots of people holidaying in sunny locations can be hard to take when you’re stuck in a rain-swept city. But while scrolling through feeds of friends having a #dreamholiday might be accompanied by mild feelings of envy for the post-millennials among us, for adolescents coming of age in this era of digital saturation, the repercussions can be more damaging. As more people communicate via sites such as Instagram and Snapchat, with their emphasis on physical appearance and the shared intimacies of friendship groups, the spectre of exclusion is magnified, and it gets especially bad during the holidays, when students are likely to be estranged from their peers yet still watching their activities from the sidelines.
度假的时候不用社交媒体的原因简直太多了。当自己被困在瓢泼大雨的城市无法脱身时，想拍阳光明媚度假地的照片肯定是无能为力的。那些浏览主题是#dreamholiday#（梦幻之旅）的朋友圈，可能会让我们对00后孩子以及生活在这个网络无处不在时代的年轻人有点妒忌，但网络的后续影响更为负面。越来越多的人借助Instagram与Snapchat等社交平台沟通往来，并且他们把重点放在外在形象以及朋友圈里相互的亲密关系上，但这样一来，彼此间的隔阂就被人为放大，而度假时尤为突出。这时候，学生很可能与同龄人疏远，但仍在一旁冷眼旁观同学们的一举一动。