Annotated bibliography
Topic #1: social media's effect on the social well-being of teens.
Research question: does social media promote a truly social lifestyle?
Thesis: Social media affect teens positively as it promotes social, mental, physical and social well-being through enhancing connectivity, providing authentic support, and allowing for personal expression.
Chromey, K. J., Duchsherer, A., Pruett, J., & Vareberg, K. (2016). Double-edged sword:
social media use in the classroom. Educational Media International, 53(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523987.2016.1189259\
The purpose of this article is to assess how students perceive social media in the classroom setting and the perceptions will help understand whether social media can promote a social lifestyle or not. The argument is that in the education setting, some current research and studies have found that half of the students use social media as an educational tool. However, because not all students access social media, it is important to assess how they perceive the use of social media in order to help the instructors make an informed decision. Chromehy et al (2016) conducted a qualitative study and the participants were 76 (48 female and 28 male), undergraduate students. The researchers collected data through face-to-face interaction in a private room. The results show that students reported a positive perception regarding the use of social media in the education setting. The main limitation of this study is that it used first-year students whose experience of social media in the classroom was limited. In the future, it is important to include high school, and graduate students to gather diverse information regarding the use of social media. This is the source is useful in my research as it will discuss the subtopic ‘students perception' and help understand if social media can promote a social lifestyle. The source supports other sources that social media promote social life in the education setting.
DROUIN, M., REINING, L., FLANAGAN, M., CARPENTER, M., & TOSCOS, T. (2018).
College Students in Distress: Can Social Media Be a Source of Social
Support? College Student Journal, 52(4), 494–504. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=134341758&site=ehost-live
Drouin et al (2018) review the effect of social media on distressed college students. In specific, the authors wanted to know the source of social support when college students are in distress. They conducted research and used 662 undergraduates who suffered from depression and anxiety. The participants with high depression reported that they rarely approached mental health professionals for support but rather they used social media. Even though some students preferred formal sources of support, 69% received support from social media. The main limitation of this study is that the study used students from various ranks and from one ethnic group and this indicates that students have different needs that may force them to seek support from a formal or informal source. To understand whether social media is the best source of social support, the study could employ a plait study which involves the use of small scale to determine the feasibility and later employ full-scale research. It is also important to use diverse samples from different ethnicities in order to have a statistical comparison. I will use this source in my research to discuss how social media promote a social lifestyle, especially in distressed students. This source supports other sources that social media is a source of support.
Eleuteri, S., Saladino, V., & Verrastro, V. (2017). Identity, relationships, sexuality, and
risky behaviors of adolescents in the context of social media. Sexual & Relationship
Therapy, 32(3/4), 354–365. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2017.1397953
In this article, Eleuteri, Saladino & Verrastro (2017) offer a counter-argument that social media is associated with risky behaviors. The authors derive data and information from recent researches that talks about teenagers and social media. The authors argue that social media is a tool that enables a teenager to share information, create identity, create relationships, interact, and grow cognitively and emotionally. However, teenagers are influenced by social, cultural, social and other factors to make a decision. Teenagers find it difficult to control emotion and they end teens through social media interaction. Their research aims to assess the exposure to health-risk behaviors which results in aggression, deviance, low-self-esteem, and more. The main limitation of this study is that it relies on already conducted research or in other words secondary research and failed to conduct primary research to come up with new data and offer a credible conclusion. In the future, researchers should also conduct primary research such as ‘focus groups' or face-to-face surveys' to come up with an in-depth analysis. I will use this source in my research to discuss how social media affect adolescents' identity and the potential challenges in the online environment. The source contrast with other sources as it shows the negative side of social media.
Greenhow, C. (2011). Youth, Learning, and Social Media. Journal of Educational
Computing Research, 45(2), 139–146. https://doi.org/10.2190/EC.45.2.a
Greenhow (2011) review the effects of social media on youth's learning. His research focuses on supporting that social media sites have great educational potential by connecting learners. The users also develop a sense of belonging, peer support, form peer relationships and more importantly they achieve educational success. The author derives information from articles that discuss the topic of social media by digital natives. The articles report that young people get a way of connecting through social media sites. As they find a connection, they share knowledge and ideas through perspective-taking, competing for discourses, collaborative arguments and other activities that promote students' awareness. The author supports that social media sites promote adolescents development, self-identity, social relationships, knowledge building and more. The main limitation is that the article uses other researchers' information and point of views and failed to offer empirical data and findings which could be derived through experimentation. In the future, empirical information is important since it is unbiased and it is credible. I will use this source in conducting research to show that social media sites promote social lifestyle through learning. The source supports other sources since it offers a common argument that digital natives can promote social life using social media.
Guinta, M. R. (2018). Social Media and Adolescent Health. Pediatric Nursing, 44(4), 196–
- Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=tfh&AN=131366570&site=ehost-live
In this article, Guinta (2018) reviews the effects of social media on adolescents' health. Their research focuses on both positive and negative effects and their aim is to mobilize the adolescents to use positive effects and avoid negative effects into order to promote healthy habits. The author use data and information from studies conducted in 2015 and 2018 on the use of social media in adolescents aged 13 to 17 years. The findings also show that even though these sites are associated with harmful consequences, teens encounter benefits such as an increase in collaboration, the creation of social support networks, build high self-esteem, access to health information among other uses. The main limitation of this article is that it summarizes the original data from other sources and misses relevant research. In the future, it is important to include both data from other sources and conduct research to come up with new research findings. In conducting the research, I will apply this source to discuss the positive and negative effects so that the reader, the teenagers, the families as well the nurses can understand the possible consequences and make wise choices of using the social media appropriately. This source supports other sources that social media can promote social users to recognize the potential risks and benefits.
Martin, F., Chuang Wang, Petty, T., Weichao Wang, & Wilkins, P. (2018). Middle School
Students’Social Media Use. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 21(1),
213–224. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=127424792&site=ehost-live
Martin et al (2017) review the negative effects of social media in middle school students. They derived data and information on students' perceptions of social media and security issues from the Pew Research Center. Their research focuses on informing parents, teachers and technology facilitators that as schools are implementing social media technology in children's lives, they should be aware of the cyberbullying and privacy issues. The study used 593 middle school students aged from 12-16 who gave their opinion regarding the use of social media. Students reported security and privacy issues which cause cyber bullying. The main limitation of this study is that it used Pew Research Center and this poses the risk of using biased and unreliable information. In the future, researchers should also conduct more studies, review different contexts and come up with valid findings. This source is useful to my research as it will offer a counter-argument that will strengthen the research. In other words, the source will help understand the topic deeply by considering different views on social media effect on teenagers. The source contract other sources by arguing that social media does not promote social lifestyle among teenagers but rather it is associated with a lack of privacy, and bullying.
Polivanova, K. N., & Koroleva, D. O. (2018). Social Networks as a New Tool that Facilitates
the Development of Urban Adolescents. Russian Education & Society, 60(6), 496–
The purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of social networks on urban adolescents. Polivanona & Koroleva argue that social media allow young people to socialize, solve basic problems, and gain education development. The authors' hypothesis is that ‘social networks is a platform that promotes adolescents development'. They derive information from already conducted studies and in specific, they focused in information communication practices in social media and results were amazing since students reported to use social media to find education information, and communicate with peers. However, the study has limitations in that the studies treated social media as an end but not as a mean. In other words, it is important to conduct research on how teenagers use social media as a means to solve the problem and other activities but not using social media as an alternative. I will use this source in my research to show that there is a big difference between online and offline communication in terms of academic achievement, relationship building, and personal development. The source supports other sources that social media promotes social lifestyle by providing real communication.
Yust, K.-M. (2014). Digital power: exploring the effects of social media on children’s
spirituality. International Journal of Children’s Spirituality, 19(2), 133–143. https://doi.org/10.1080/1364436X.2014.924908
Yust (2014) review the social media effect on children's spirituality. The author research is focused on exploring the digital power in social media and how this power plays a significant role in identity formation, and more importantly, the spiritual well-being. The author derived the data and information from studies of adolescent's internet activity and well-being and interprets the study findings. In general, report that when children are engaged with social networks sites such as Facebook, they upload videos, post images, share messages, experience a sense of empowerment, develop consciousness, discuss imaginative rituals, and more importantly, gain spiritual. The main limitation of this study is that the studies lack survey instruments and the means that the conclusion made is unreliable. In the future, it is important to review credible sources that do not assume results but rather uses empirical findings. I will use this source in my research to discuss the digital power in social media that not only promote social lifestyle but also helps children grow spiritually. This source supports other sources in digital culture, social networking is an important tool that promotes identity formation, relationship building, and spiritual development.
