There is solid research out there suggesting that this is different. Large n, several years, multiple countries all pointing to all increase in tune with the advent of visual social media (Instagram, TikTok - not Facebook or WhatsApp). The time series analysis makes this not merely correlational.

I point to my sibling post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38201807

Visual social media like TikTok and instagram seem to be a different beast than TV, WhatsApp and other media.