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Mental Health in Social Media (Positive Connections : Although there are…
Mental Health in Social Media
Possible Actions: Raise awareness about how social media can have negative effects on people.
Raise awareness about how social media can have negative effects on people
Create a social media page to share facts/advice
Local & Global Connections ( Why is this topic important? ): This topic is important because it is a huge problem from all around the world. There aren't enough people working to help teenagers and kids deal with these problems. The rates of suicide caused by social media are going up.
Resources:
interviewing Susan Mackenzie from CAMH, mental health practitioner for teenage girls
Newsela articles: The good and bad: Studies look at the influence of social media on teens and related
Medical News Today: many articles on social media- search up key words; mental health in social media
Brain Pop: (key words social media) results: social media, online safety, internet, digital etiquette, cyberbullying (key word mental health) results: depression, mindfulness, bullying
Interviewing Sarah Lowy from general board of CAMH
Interview someone who posts on social media
Positive Connections : Although there are many negative impacts on our mental health due to social media, social media can also have some positive impacts on our mental health. Some of them are:
Social media lets people connect with each other and know whats going on around the world (events, celebrations, etc.)
Social media inspires healthy lifestyle changes
Social media can help people keep in contact with each other (eg. Facebook, Skype, WhatsApp, WeChat, etc.)
Social media can create and help maintain relationships
Social media can help raise awareness for organizations for a big issue to a mass audience quickly
Social media provides teens with opportunities to develop technical and other skills needed to function in society
Children are becoming smarter and well behaved because of social media.