Jake Gooden

Professor Padgett

English 1102

24 February 2014

Annotated Bibliography

Inquiry: How does the amount exposure to social media affect the overall health of teens?

Proposed Thesis: As exposure is increased, the physical and mental affects on teens will continue to be more
detrimental.

Agarwal, V., & Dhanasekaran, S. (2012, April). Media and Children. Journal of Indian Association for Child &
Adolescent Mental Health. pp. 20-24.

Agarwal states throughout the article that amount of time that children spend on
social media is taking quite on the toll on their overall health. As stated in the article,
US children 8 to 18 spend on average 7 hours and 38 minutes on social entertainment
per day. For myself, that is shocking and provides in depth on why the health
issues in the United States are as bad as they are. Social media
promotes sedentary lifestyle amongst our youth because the time that our children
would normally be playing outside. I felt that the article was very credible because
it touched on the other side of the argument by stating how social media
contributed to overall intellectual wellness by having quick access to events
around the world. The author also directly states Studies have reported a strong
causal link between television viewing, social media use and video games all
contributing to the risk of developing obesity. With children not having
developed the discipline to stay away from these distractions, they could end up
developing a serious addiction and never be able to escape from this type of
lifestyle. This also relates to the mental health of children, these distractions can
really affect their grades and drive for education. In addition to mental, the article
Adam Padgett 3/30/14 1:37 PM
Comment [1]: How so?
Adam Padgett 3/30/14 1:37 PM
Comment [2]: Whats happening with the
format here?
Adam Padgett 3/30/14 1:39 PM
Comment [3]: I feel like the health issue
in America is both too ambiguous of a
statement and also too complex of an issue to
assign blame on entertainment.
Adam Padgett 3/30/14 1:41 PM
Comment [4]: So what is the implication
here? what do you suppose we do about this
issue?
notes the correlation between aggressiveness amongst children with what they
watch or read on the internet. The more graphical it is, the more aggressive the
child tends to be.

Agarwal, V., & Dhanasekaran, S. (2012). Harmful Effects of Media on Children and
Adolescents. Journal Of Indian Association For Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 8(2), 38-
45.
This article depicts various negative health affects that social media has on today's
children. The article primarily notes how children tend to see on media and
television and how they are not able to separate it from the real world. In turn, this
makes them think that violence and fighting is a credible way to solve their
problems. Social media also has a wide variety of alcohol consumption ads that
are easily assessable to children and often encourage them to try it far more early
than a child that does have that advertising exposure. To back this claim up, the
article specifically states that these ads depict romance, sociability, and
relaxation. In addition, very explicit sex ads are easily found all throughout the
web; it would literally take a parent monitoring every keystroke to prevent their
child from finding at least one ad on the web. These ads encourage sexual
behavior in our youth far more than they are ready which often leads to increased
pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. As stated in the article, very little
information about the risks associated with early sexual initiation meaning
although these ads encourage it, the youth are unable to fully understands the risks
associated with sex.

Keep your teen safe from social media. (2013). Prevention India, 11

Adam Padgett 3/30/14 1:44 PM
Comment [5]: This citation looks
incomplete/wrong.
This article depicted how teens use social media to better portray their social
image. The article states, We live in a world where our sense of self is linked
to the number of 'likes', 'friends' and 'followers' we have. and the children of
today are taking it to the next level. Teens are going to whatever extreme possible
to be able to get another like on the pictures that they post and the rush that they
get from each like is becoming a serious addiction. The addiction can get to a
point where teens are on their phones all night posting and chatting until morning
where they are forced to sleep during the day at school. Teens are also portraying
themselves falsely, because primarily every picture they post is edited and photo-
shopped to make themselves seem more attractive and give them false confidence.
Sharon, J., @SharonJayson, & USA, T. (n.d). Social media setting the stage for kids who want to
.. USA Today

This article notes how teens today are excessively using social media in order to
seek fame. The fame could mean just popularity amongst their peers or to be the
next national superstar that is discovered through media. As stated, researched
indicates that teens wanting fame post and staggering higher rate than someone
who does not want fame. These teens also able to tailor their public image
however the please because they are able to control exactly what they want to say
compared not being able to in a school setting. If teens are not receiving the
attention they want, it could be detrimental to their overall health due addiction,
distraction and humiliation it can cause.
Bayliss, S. (2013). Pew: Teen Social Media Use Rising. Library Journal, 138(11), 28
This article states on how teens are posting more and more personal information
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on social media. Every category of personal information ranging from hometown
to cell phone number saw an increase in the amount of times they were posted on
social media. Teens still feel protected from any sort of identity theft because
their profiles are set to private which means only their friends will be able to
access it. This report also states that teens are often lying about their age in order
to get access to explicit sexual sites without knowing the potential consequences.
When these teens access to these types of sites they leave themselves open to
stalking, sexual assault, and rape. I feel that teens are very misinformed about how
much someone can do with very little information and potential consequences that
exposing themselves to others over social media can have on their lives.
Jake,
I really like the sources you have chosen. They seem relevant and also they have lots of potential
for really interesting academic discourse. I am wondering about your thesis. It is very broad and
the sources you have here seem to cover the gambit. Typically, specificity is best in an academic
paper. You need to find a specific niche where you can insert your voice and engage in a
particular conversation as opposed to distantly commenting on the very broad topic as a whole.
Its like the difference between arguing that we need to fix education in this country and arguing
that we need to fix this country. See what I mean? The former is much more useful than the
latter. Once you generate your thesis, and if you broaden your scope too much, your argument
gets very watered down. You want a distillation, if that makes sense.