Jake Butler Mr.

Padgett English 1102 February 24, 2014 Annotated Bibliography Inquiry: how does social media affect kids confidence and self-esteem? Purposed thesis: As kids are starting to use social media at a younger age, their confidence and self-esteem are starting to be affected in a negative way. Ehmke, Rachel. "Advice & Support." Teens and Social Media. Child Mind Institute, n.d. Web. 23 Feb. 2014.

This article was exactly what I was looking for in my research. It covers my thesis and there are a lot of points I can use to back up my thesis. This article states that we need not to ignore the problem that social media has on our teens. She brought up some good points that I did not even think of when picking my topic. The first argument she makes is that kids are missing the crucial interactions between friends. That when friends argue and talk things out it is a good learning experience, but because they have the option to just discuss the problem over text. This is much different, in the article the author writes "Part of healthy self-esteem is knowing how to say what you think and feel even when you're in disagreement with other people or it feels emotionally risky. The reason this is different over text is because youre missing out on experiencing the other persons facial expressions and body language. This makes is more difficult when you actually have to

solve a problem in person, because you are so used to just being able to carefully think about what you are going to text and not have to explain yourself in person. I believe this article is credible because its an .org and it states the authors real name. Swope, Alicia. "The Media and Self Esteem." - Applied Social Psychology (ASP). N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Feb. 2013.

This article argues that social media does play a role in self-esteem. It even bring up the point that people with low self-esteem spend much more time on social media sites then people with higher self-esteem. People dont post about every part of their lives, usually only the good things, which gives the viewer a unrealistic image of other peoples lives, making our own life seem less eventful and all around less fun. We are constantly comparing ourselves to an ideal that probably isn't very realistic. (Henderson). By this same logic the author points out that you can also boost your confidence using social media. Some professionals believe this could actually be a self-esteem boost, due to the positive image you can create of yourself on these websites. I liked this article because it seemed unbiased, and because it stated valid points for both sides of the argument. Although this article did not say it was peer reviewed I believe is it credible because of the .edu and the fact that the website seemed reliable about the topic. The whole website was about applied psychology and for my inquiry question psychology is an area that I want to look into a lot. Hyde, Janet S. "The Role of Media in Body Image." University of Wisconsin, 09 Jan. 2013. Web.

This article was written by a professor at the University of Wisconsin, this is my first peer reviewed source. This article is different from the other two because it looks at a whole different aspect to confidence and self-esteem affected by social media. In this article the author talks about self-image. She states that when young girls see so many beautiful women on the internet it makes them feel less pretty and therefore decreases their confidence. Approximately 50% of girls and undergraduate women report being dissatisfied with their bodies. This statistic has risen drastically in the past couple of years and the authors argues that it is because of the social media. In the article there is a study where they ask women to look at magazines of other women to see if they felt worse about their bodies, as to before they looked at the magazines. The results where that women who looked at ads of thin, pretty women felt worse about their bodies then women who looked at normal advertisements. Stoncil, Megan. "The Use of Social Media in College Students." Youngstown State University, n.d. Web. In this article the authors main focus is on the young adults, people around the age of 1825. The author states that during this time is a crucial age for people development. It is a time where individuals are trying to find a sense of self-worth while exploring possibilities of love, work, and world views. (Stoncil). Stencils focus in this article is to see if there is a relationship between self-concept and use of social media. They did a study where they had college students fill out a questionnaire that asks questions about their usage of social media. There was a .658 Pearson correlation between usage social media and self-concept. (Stoncil). the reason I think this source is credible is because they used primary research in their paper and because they are sponsored by Youngstown

so I believe that in order for it to get published that it would have to go through some type of editing by professors.

Wilson, Barbra J. "The Future of Children Vol.1 No.18." Princeton University, n.d. Web. Spring 2008. In this article the author talks about how social media and technology affects kids emotions in the future. The results from the last has shown a major correlation of kids who commit violent crimes and kids who played violent video games as a kid. The author state children can learn about the nature and causes of different emotions from watching the emotional experiences of their peers through social media. What this quote is saying is that when people post their experiences and emotions on social media sites the kids learn to react the same way in similar situations in their own personal life. The article says that this can have a positive or negative impact on kids when they grow up. This is a credible source because it is peer reviewed and owned by the school library. Personally I dont agree with this article, I think its taking the effects of social media to an extreme. Komaroff , Anthony. "social network can affect weight, happiness." Harvord Health. (2011): n. page. Web. 10 Mar. 2014. This article looks at how social networks can affect ones health and happiness. This author states that the thing that affects happiness the most is the type of people that you communicate with, and that your emotions and happiness is directly correlated with those you are friends with. I liked reading this article because it gave a different perspective on this topic. Most people believe that its the opposite, seeing your friends that are happy make you more depressed because it makes your life seem less enjoyable. The author of

this article is very knowledgeable about the topic and actually makes a very good argument.