“Just Released: Parent’s Guide to Social Media and Mental Health.” Mental Health Weekly Digest, 17 Feb. 2020. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A613986976/OVIC?u=ucinc_main&sid=OVIC&xid=5886317a. Accessed 12 Mar. 2020.
The point of this journal/essay is two help parents deal with how social media is effected the young generation. The topics that are covered include how social media effects everyone and how parents are afraid to teach their kids how to use social media. There are pros and cons to social media. Parents need to stop being afraid of what tech kids use now, technology is everywhere now and young kids are now having their own technology.
This is a good and useful source. It doesn’t have as much information as in my other sources. This information seems reasonable and reliable. This essay seems to be objective. Doctor Sunita, someone who knows a lot about social media and how it effects children, states that “she recommends that parents and caregivers careful review this document and develop their own family media plan for their children.” The goal of this source is to help parents out and make sure that we know what to do when it comes to social media and mental health.
This essay fits into my research for my topic. This source was helpful and fit my research topic. It helps shape my argument that social media is everywhere now and its hard to show how social media effects people. I can use this source to help state that social media effects people and its worse when little kids start using social media. This source has showed me that social media is started at younger ages every year.
“Social Media and Isolation.” NYTimes.com Video Collection, 6 Mar. 2017. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CT485654829/OVIC?u=ucinc_main&sid=OVIC&xid=3770d364. Accessed 12 Mar. 2020.
The more time you spend on social media, the more likely they will feel socially isolated.