Cyberbullying: Cruel Intentions. Brigham Young University, 2006. Cyberbullying: Cruel Intentions. ABC, 2006. Web. 27 Nov. 2016.
This source helps me to synthesize and expand on the connection between Robert Thornberg’s experiment and how bullying can apply to social media too, rather than person to person confrontational situation.
Cyberbullying and Depression Go Hand in Hand
In this Huffington Post article by Stephanie Pappas, found that a median of 23 percent of teens reporting being targeted. About 15 percent reported bullying someone online themselves. According to the article, there were consistent associations between exposure to cyberbullying and increased likelihood of depression.
Cyberbullying is a Bigger Problem than Screen Time Addiction
In this Room for Debate individual take by Brendesha Tynes, she argues that cyberbullying has a larger effect on the minds of young people than excessive time spent on social media. Tynes explains how depression, behavioral problems and poor academic performance are caused by the harmful interactions that can be fostered on social media sites. She also gives statistics that 50 percent of adolescents of color reported incidents of cyberbullying in 2013, up from 32 percent in 2011.
The Effect of Technology on Face to Face Communication.
This source from the Elon University search page allows me to understand more about the effects social media has on face to face communication. Within this research, studies were analyzed and observers were able to detect how the amount of engagement individuals have with their phones impacts the quality and quantity of face to face situations. It was found that more than 62% of individuals on Elon’s campus utilize electronic devices and social media while in the presence of others.
Facebook Named World’s Most Empathetic in Global Empathy Index
Startupsmart talks about how Facebook was named world’s most empathetic company in global empathy index. Social media sites, especially Facebook, are growing more and more empathetic by the day. With many users getting in contact with similar people, there is now an empathetic atmosphere.
From Social Media to the Catwalk, Is Fantasy Beauty Failing Young Women?
This Guardian article talks about the dangers associated with the body images that are portrayed in the media. Many expert professionals in the field of psychology weigh in on these dangers and describe how when young girls can’t realize that what they are seeing on social media isn’t real, they can suffer physical and mental harm.
How Social Media Affects Interpersonal Communication by Anita Valensia
This source further supports the claim that social media impacts interpersonal relationships negatively, because in any moment, social media has the power to achieve one’s perception of uses and gratifications, or can completely destroy one’s happiness. This post argues how social media allows individuals to create a “heavily edited version of yourself” and that with social media you are able to construct a life others can envy as it is a false perception of reality.
How Social Media Reflects the Levels of Narcism and Empathy in Society
Intelligenthq talks about how Facebook is not just a narcissistic community, but an empathetic one as well. Facebook has been called the most empathetic social media site.
Influence of Social Media on Teenagers
This article talks about side effects of social media and how it can lead to depression and cyber bullying. The article also talks about how social media can be anonymous which may be one of the significant reasons that it is so easy to be cyber bullied.
Instagram Introduces New Tools to Curb Abuse and Expand Privacy
This article describes how the famous app Instagram is attempting to put limits on how people can comment harmful words on others posts. This is one of the first major social networks that is actually taking a stand on the harmful things posted on social media.
Is Technology Destroying Empathy?
Livescience talks about whether or not social media and all our technological advancements will help or destroy our world. This Op-ed titled, “Is Technology Destroying Empathy” by PJ Manney touches upon how social media is building empathy in its users.
It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens by Danah Boyd
This source educated me on social media use as an addiction to teenagers and the repercussions that follow. The author, Danah Boyd, touches on cyberbullying and how it has ruined younger people’s lives. By using this source, I am able to connect social media to addiction and cyber bullying, which makes it that much more dangerous.
This source is a video of Jean Kilbourne, an author and speaker, who explores the effect that the media has on the perception of women in the world. This source gives great statistics showing how the unrealistic standards propagated by the media have a real life effect on women. Kilbourne explores the growing rate of plastic surgery and eating disorders due to the media.
Problematic use of social networking sites among urban school going teenagers by Parth Singh Meena, Pankaj Kumar Mittal, & Ram Kumar Solanki from the Industrial Psychiatry Journal
This source found from the Elon University search page allows for me to portray how social media is the perfect environment for (cyber) bullying. It creates a place for bullies to “safely” write mean things about another behind a screen, avoiding the consequences of doing it in person and revealing their identity.
Social Media’s Impact on Relationships | Psych Central.
This source reinforces the claim that individuals crave a sense of connection and belonging. Social media allows individuals to feel that, as it has become a place for people to redefine themselves and make relationships with other individuals who seem to portray similar characteristics online. With the increase of social media, it has become first hand for individuals to communicate through digital apps rather than in person.
Social Media Helps Fuel Eating Disorders
This USA Today article investigates how social media can help fuel some eating disorders. The article argues that individuals can share their unhealthy views towards body image online and thus influence others to have an unsafe lifestyle in regards to eating and exercising. While the main focus of the article is on the harmful effects of social media, the author also mentions how recovering eating disorder survivors can connect online and find comfort in each other’s stories of survival and recovery.
Social Media is Changing How College Students Deal with Mental Health, For Better or Worse
In 2015, researchers from the University of Missouri conducted a study on the effects of social media. For their study, Duffy and Edson Tandoc, a former doctoral student at MU and now an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, surveyed young Facebook users and found that some of those who engage in “surveillance use” of Facebook also experience symptoms of depression while those who use the site simply to stay connected do not suffer negative effects.
“School Bullying As A Collective Action: Stigma Processes And Identity Struggling” by Robert Thornberg
This source allows me to connect social media cyberbullying with the different types of bullying that Thornberg describes. It also shows how/why bullying takes place, and shows my connection to an example I found where a group of girls bullied those who did not fit into their “social hierarchy” they had essentially built.
Teens Addicted to Social Media
This source provides factual evidence that support that teens are addicted to social media. In the U.S. over 70% of teens have access to smartphones which ultimately means that they are constantly exposed to social media. The article also provides concerns about teens constant involvement with social media.
Teens spend a ‘mind-boggling’ 9 hours a day using media, report says
This article talks about just how dangerous social media can be for kids. On average, teens spend 9 hours a day on Social Media which is obsessive and significantly harmful.