Directions: Topic : Social media and the effects on Mental Health
Locate three peer reviewed, empirical articles related to the potential broad topic area of your
dissertation. Remember, your topic area must align with your degree program. Select only
articles that have been published within the last 2-3 years and that could logically be included
in the literature review of your dissertation.
Write a brief description of the articles (250-300 words total) that includes the following
information for each article:
A statement of what the authors studied.
A statement that generally describes the study participants.
A description of the study findings.
A statement of one limitation or future study idea identified in the article.
Write an argument (250-500 words) that presents a potential study topic for your dissertation
and defends the need for the potential study. The topic must emerge from a synthesis of the
limitations or future study ideas you identified above, and the argument must describe how
the potential study might address the synthesized limitations or future study ideas.
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, Social media and the effects on mental health
Today’s error is marked with continuous advancements in technology, with social media as the
new norm of communication and interactions. In this paper, I will briefly discuss three articles that
discuss social media and mental health effects. First, the article by O’Reilly et al., (2018). In this article,
O’Reilly et al., studied the view of adolescents on social media as a source of information and how they
draw upon its discourses. The study involved selected 54 adolescents from Leicester and London
schools, of age 11-18, divided into six groups. The study concluded that adolescents acknowledged
social media to be a mental wellness threat with conditions such as anxiety disorder and addiction being
its result. Future study idea; using social media to cultivate mental health and educate youths on dealing
with deleterious effects.
Second, the article by Keles et al., (2020). In this article, Keles et al., researched social
media contribution to adolescents' psychological distress, depression, and anxiety. The study
involved 13 articles from 13 individuals aged 13-18 years. They found that the time that
Locate three peer reviewed, empirical articles related to the potential broad topic area of your
dissertation. Remember, your topic area must align with your degree program. Select only
articles that have been published within the last 2-3 years and that could logically be included
in the literature review of your dissertation.
Write a brief description of the articles (250-300 words total) that includes the following
information for each article:
A statement of what the authors studied.
A statement that generally describes the study participants.
A description of the study findings.
A statement of one limitation or future study idea identified in the article.
Write an argument (250-500 words) that presents a potential study topic for your dissertation
and defends the need for the potential study. The topic must emerge from a synthesis of the
limitations or future study ideas you identified above, and the argument must describe how
the potential study might address the synthesized limitations or future study ideas.
Name
Institution
Course
Date
, Social media and the effects on mental health
Today’s error is marked with continuous advancements in technology, with social media as the
new norm of communication and interactions. In this paper, I will briefly discuss three articles that
discuss social media and mental health effects. First, the article by O’Reilly et al., (2018). In this article,
O’Reilly et al., studied the view of adolescents on social media as a source of information and how they
draw upon its discourses. The study involved selected 54 adolescents from Leicester and London
schools, of age 11-18, divided into six groups. The study concluded that adolescents acknowledged
social media to be a mental wellness threat with conditions such as anxiety disorder and addiction being
its result. Future study idea; using social media to cultivate mental health and educate youths on dealing
with deleterious effects.
Second, the article by Keles et al., (2020). In this article, Keles et al., researched social
media contribution to adolescents' psychological distress, depression, and anxiety. The study
involved 13 articles from 13 individuals aged 13-18 years. They found that the time that
