A study by the Behavioural and Mental Health department of Fortis Healthcare has revealed that Social Media plays a pivotal role in forming opinions and attitudes among the majority of the school students. It also stated that as many as 78 per cents of students spend a lot of time on social media. A majority of 92 per cent agreed that it's a conducive platform to spread positive narration about mental health.

The survey was done under the supervision of Dr Samir Parikh, Director, Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis Healthcare. It was conducted among 4000 school students studying psychology in Class XI and XII, from over 200 schools across 10 cities- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Mohali, Ludhiana, Jaipur, Bangalore, Lucknow, Varanasi, Dehradun and Chennai. The idea behind this survey was to understand the relevance of social media in present times, the impact it has and how it has the power to shape narratives which influence their opinions and attitudes. The survey highlighted the need for media literacy among parents.