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The Good & Bad of Social Media - Coggle Diagram

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        Social Media is a Tool of Control
        
        Data mining - a practice that undermines the democratization of infomration shared through social media.
        
        Your information could potentially be sold to other companies as it is minimally protected under law.
        
        Social media does not always bring everyone together.
        
        Social Media Increase Democratization
        
        Scalable sociality - which is the ability to pick and choose the publicity and size of your sociality
        
        Also transcend the boundaries of race, sex, and social class to create a level playing field in which you can hear everyone's ideas.
        
        Ideas spread through social media can reach the government and the voices of marginalized groups of people have the ability to do so.
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        This source is credible because the author is an assistant teaching professor of Sociology at Penn State Harrisburg. The two perspectives were created by two undergraduate students in the sociology program.
        
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        Social media should be understood as a platform that is a double-edged sword. paraphrase 9
        
        "Social media offered a tool by which marginalized and opressed people could come together and organize."
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        "Social media becomes a forum for defending what is already believed, rather than a force for spreading true knowledge and information." pg. 9
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        Communicating and connecting with other's could be beneficial to those with mental health conditions.
        
        Adolescents had said that social media helps to maintain friendshhips in which there may be a long distance.
        
        "The bad" that was found in the study was that there is the fear-of-missing out, disturbed sleep, and low self esteem.
        
        Social media can also be seen as a danger due to those who bully and troll on social media.
        
        It is important to understand the good, the bad, and the ugly in order to help adolescents along the way.
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        This source is credible because author Michelle O'Reilly is an Associate Professor of Communication in Mental Health at the University of Leicester. She is also a Chartered Psychologist in Health. Having the specific interest in child and adolescent mental health.
        
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        "In discussions, the adolescents reported a range of ways they used social media to protect their mental health." pg. 2
        
        "Of concern for society is the possible negative impact of social media on adolescent mental health, as there is some evidence linking use with low self-esteem, anxiety and depression amongst other detriments." pg. 1
        
        "The scope and range of this danger was discussed through various issues that they felt could place adolescent mental health at risk, and that they reported the risk and impact was more considerable than just over use." pg. 4
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        Problematic social media use has a higher prevalence among female users due to the fact that women were typically over-represented.
        
        The increasing number of adolescents using social media could have an impact on the prevelance of problematic useage of social media apps.
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        This source is credible because the majority of the authors of the research article study Psychology or Sociology which are important when looking at how social media affect adolescents and college aged students.
        
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        "Regarding validity of the BSMAS, the at-risk group showed the lowest self-esteem and the highesr level of depressive symptoms and the most time spent on internet and social media use, and was therefore in line with previous research findings" page 9
        
        "In addition, adolescents that were at-risk of social media use were mainly female, and reported the greatest amount of internet and social media usage. Previous studies have found similar gender differences in problematic social media use." page 9
        
        "The first class named ‘no-risk’ class represents the majority of social media users (78.3% of social media users; 70.7% of the total sample) who had the lowest scores on the BSMAS. The second class of social media users represents ‘low risk’ of problematic use (17.2% and 15.5% respectively), while the third class represents the population of ‘at-risk’ problematic social media users (4.5% and 4.1%, respectively)." page 6
        
        The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) was an effective scale ued to asses problematic social media use.
        
        Those at-risk individuals shows the lowest self-esteeem and highest depressive symptoms.
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        The fear of missing out along with problematic usage of social media can lead to internet addiction.
        
        "FOMO" the fear of missing out is a social psychological process that has been associated with excessive usage of social media platforms.
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        Author Gosain has an M.A in Psychology and Dr. Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences University, Dehradun, India.
        
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        "The fig 1 shows the results of FOMO which depict the sample of adolescents were found to have high degree of FOMO as compare to young adults. Possibly it could be due to the age period they are going through. The adolescence phase is quite challenging for the teenagers in terms of physical, mental, emotional and social health." page 6
        
        "Further to this, it has also been evident that FOMO predicts issues related to the usage of social networking sites which has been linked with social media addiction. On the other hand, young adults are more mature and sensible enough to differentiate between pros and cons." page 10
        
        "Pros and cons of using internet also describe Internet addiction disorder, which means, if you are continuously and excessively playing games on internet, if you are compulsively shopping online, cannot resist from checking notifications from Facebook, Instagram or Whatsapp, and if your daily habit of excessively sitting in front of computer screen is deteriorating your health, relationships, work and studies. If any of the above-mentioned things are hampering with you then it’s an indication that you might be undergoing through this addiction." page 2
        
        50 young adults (18-25) and 50 adolescents (13-17) were studied for fear of missing out (FOMO) and social media usage (SMU).
        
        For the study, they used a FOMO tool that had 10 items and the asked the participates two questions about their social media usage.
        
        Adoleescents were found to have a higher degree of FOMO.
        
        Adolescents were also more addicted to social media usage than young adults.
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        Social media was linked to lower levels of stress.
        
        There was a study done that showed that there were lower moods after using Facebook for 20 minutes.
        
        The use of multiple social media platforms can increase general anxiety symptoms.
        
        When looking at depression social media can be a force for good.
        
        Looking at bright lights before sleeping can inhibit the production of melatonin in the body.
        
        There is a link between viewing others' social media and one's self-esteem.
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        This source is credible because BBC has been running since 1997. The author of the article Jessica Brown is a frelance journalist and copyrighter based out of London, England. She has written for BBC, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and more.
        
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        "However, the evidence does point one way: social media affects people differently, depending on pre-existing conditions and personality traits." paragraph 42
        
        "Women's magazines and their use of underweight and Photoshopped models have been long maligned for stirring self-esteem issues among young women." paragraph 23
        
        "People use social media to vent about everything from customer service to politics, but the downside to this is that our feeds often resemble an endless stream of stress." paragraph 4
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        Most Americans are also hopeful about the changes that social might bring in the next 5 years.
        
        Many Americans believe that social media wastes our time, spreads lies and falseholds, and spreads unfair attacks and rumors.
        
        The American public believes that social media does more to divide the country than it does to reunite it.
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        This cource is credible because NBC has been around for 94 years. The author of the article is the senior political editor for NBC News. He has been working for NBC News since 2003.
        
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        "According to the poll, 57 percent of Americans say they agree with the statement that social media sites like Facebook and Twitter do more to divide the country, 35 percent think they do more to bring the nation together." paragraph 6
        
        "And a whopping 82 percent say social media sites do more to waste people's time, versus 15 percent who say they do more to use Americans' time well." paragraph 9
        
        "Fifty-nine percent of respondents agree with the statement that technology has more benefits than drawbacks, because it means products and services can be cheaper and made more efficiently." paragraph 20
        
        Most Americans also use social media at least once a day with some trying to limit their social media use.
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        Defense of Credibility
        
        The author of the article Dr. Lillian Nejad is a clinical psychologist and author based out of Australia. She has 20 years of experience treating adults with mild to severe psychological issues.
        
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        "Posting only to receive positive feedback is not the idea, but if you post about something you feel good about or something you’ve discovered or accomplished, receiving encouragement and praise can have a positive influence on your mindset, it can enhance your self-concept and it can increase your motivation to continue to pursue your goals." paragraph 14
        
        "Constant comparisons to others who are deemed desirable and seem to have it all can lead to problems with self-esteem and can lead to their own participation in “inauthentic” self-promotion to present a false view of their own life for the sole purpose of being “liked” and accepted by others (both friends and strangers)." paragraph 10
        
        "Teach young people to reflect on their own behaviour and whether social media is serving a useful function or not. " paragraph 23
        
        Social media could be what is responsible for what is called the "Quarter-life crisis."
        
        Young people are more vulnerable to anxiety and depression.
        
        Women may be more vulnerable to the negative impact that social media has on younger women.
        
        Social media has positive effects such as connection, self-promotion, positive feedback, and well-being.
        
        Social media has negative effects such as "inauthentic" self-promotion, vulnerability to cyber-bullying & trolling, isolation, distraction
        
        Ways to reduce social media's dysfunctional impact are providing clear guidelines, deliver relevant social media training, develop resilient mindset, acknowledge the benefits and drawbacks, promote healthy. & balances lifestyle, and seek professional help early..
    - - Citation - Wood, Julie. “Managing Mental Health Misinformation on Social Media - Penn Medicine.” Managing Mental Health Misinformation on Social Media - Penn Medicine, 2021, https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-blog/2021/october/managing-mental-health-misinformation-on-social-media.
        
        Main Ideas
        
        There is a problem of people using TikTok videos to self diagnose themselves.
        
        With the start of the pandemic, many took on TikTok and during this time there was also a spike in mental health concerns due to being isolated.
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        Julie Woods is a Communications Specialist and has had experience with Penn Medicine for 2 years and 7 months. She has obtained her M.A in Strategic Communication.
        
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        “If you start talking about anxiety or depression in a public forum, everyone’s going to relate to it,” said Tyler. “Especially over the last year and a half, people were isolated and feeling sad and anxious. They are normal emotions we have all felt at some point in our lives.” paragraph 6
        
        “Now, you can get a fairly accurate list of the criteria a psychologist or psychiatrist might use to diagnose an illness right at your fingertips. However, there is criteria that is intended to be interpreted only by a mental health professional.” paragraph 11
        
        "“While a person may have been feeling anxious or sad, these posts on social media are now giving them the language to better understand how they’re feeling,” said Tyler. “It doesn’t mean they inherently have a disorder, but it allows them to now explore how they’re feeling and figure out ways to cope with it." paragraph 13
        
        TikTok is helping to explore how someone is feeling and then help to figure out the ways in which they can cope with how they are feeling.
        
        Addition of mental health resources on TikTok as part of its "Safety Center."
      - Connection to Social media and adolescent mental health: the good, the bad and the ugly
      - I plan to use this source to explain why Tiktok may be the most popularly used source
    - - Citation - Anderson, Monica, and Jingjing Jiang. “1. Teens and Their Experiences on Social Media.” Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech, Pew Research Center, 31 Dec. 2019, https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/11/28/teens-and-their-experiences-on-social-media/.
        
        Main Ideas
        
        Defense of Credibility
        
        Pew Research Center has been established since 2004. Anderson is an associate director of research focusing in internet and technology issues with a master's degree in media studies. Jingjing was a research analyst.
        
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        " A majority of teens believe social media has had a positive impact on various aspects of their lives, the survey finds. Fully 81% of teens say social media makes them feel more connected to what’s going on in their friends’ lives, with 37% saying it makes them feel “a lot” more connected." paragraph 8
        
        "By relatively large margins, teens indicate that social media makes them feel included rather than excluded (71% vs. 25%), confident rather than insecure (69% vs. 26%), authentic rather than fake (64% vs. 33%) and outgoing rather than reserved (61% vs. 34%)" paragraph 10
        
        "But much like older generations, relatively few teens think of social media platforms as a source of trustworthy information. Overall, 37% of teens think that social media helps people their age find trustworthy information – and only 7% think these sites help “a lot” in that respect." paragraph 18
        
        Most teens post about their accomplishments on social media.
        
        Teens tend to believe that social media will help to better connnect them with their friends.
        
        There is also drama that teens face with the use of social media.
        
        There is also a high ppercentage of teens that feel more included through the use of social media.
        
        There is also the ability to support causes and be introduced to many different groups of people online.
        
        Many teens do not believe that the information that they find online is trustworthy.
      - I plan on using this source to show how social media can have a positive effect on teens.
      - Connection to Social Media and Adolescent: the good, the bad and the ugly