“THIS IS MY INSTAGRAM”: SELF-EDITING, FEAR KEEP

KIDS GLUED TO SOCIAL MEDIA

PRESENTED BY: KIERRA TURNBULL

ARTICLE DETAILS

• Based on opinions and research from:

• Larry Borins (clinical social worker for teenagers)

• Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves (researchers)

• Focuses mainly on research done on teenage girls

• Includes quotes of young girls interviewed by author

• Concludes with future effects of the overuse of social media

ARTICLE SUMMARY

• New culture of “self-surveillance” is creating an “anxious, superficial generation”

• Teenagers use platforms such as Facebook and Instagram to change their identity & feel connected to their peers which results in a constant need to edit oneself online (“self editing”)

• Use social media to show only what they want other people to see of them

ARTICLE SUMMARY CONT…

•  Teens spend a great deal of time managing online personalities – the practice is similar to “the condition of cognitive distortion” which is a symptom “of depression and anxiety”.

• People with this condition compare themselves against others and only focus on their negative attributes

• The “happy chemical” dopamine is released in the brain whenever we receive a “like” or a notification on social media

• “FOMO” – Fear of Missing Out – Teens are using mobile devices and social media more often because they do not want to feel ‘out of the loop’

EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE:

• Teens will grow up to become “emotionally unavailable adults”

• Young people will lack interpersonal skills & lose the ability to read social cues

• Social Media Addiction

POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH ARTICLE:

• Phone usage and Social Media usage are referenced synonymously

• The article is entitled “…fear keep kids glued to social media” – but the article targets teenage girls only

• Teenage boys are not interviewed or mentioned in the article

• Does not mention anything positive about social media

• Outdated – similar studies have already been done pre-2015

• Too broad for a short article

• mentions everything from “experimenting with identity” to “cyber bullying”

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