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 * "Social Media and the effects on American adolescents." -
 * article already has multiple issues.
 * The positive aspects part of the article is more negative than positive.
 * Needs improvement on grammar.
 * Leans more toward the negative side of things.
 * Find sources for positive effects of social media.
 * Social media can allow teens to express themselves in new ways.
 * They are allowed to speak how they want without having to worry.
 * Revolutions can be started on social media, one post can bring people to acknowledge a problem that has otherwise gone unnoticed.

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 * Negative Effects of Social Media.
 * Social media can have many negative effects on how young women view their bodies. Young women see these models that have been retouched and edited and want their bodies to resemble those they've seen. That is an impossible standard placed on young girls. Richard Perloff states "The interactive format and content features of social media, such as the strong peer presence and exchange of a multitude of visual images, suggest that social media, working via negative social comparisons, transportation, and peer normative processes, can significantly influence body image concerns." His article provides many good points about how social media can have a negative effect on young women. Young women are easily influenced by the images of models and women on social media. The women presented on magazine covers and models on social media are shown as the perfect people. Young girls see these "perfect" women and want to strive to be them, however, those photos have been retouched and look much different than the original.
 * Parents have many fears about social media. They have heard horrific stories of unsuspecting teens being targeted by sexual predators and people simply wishing to cause harm. June Ahn states "while parents remain fearful about safety and effects on their children's social development." Parents fear for their children's safety. Social media is a realm most parents do not fully understand. There are many dangers in this world but parents tend to fear the ones they can't see the most. If the parents do not realize there is a threat because it is on their child's private account then they can not protect them.
 * Cyber bullying is another aspect of social media that is harmful to young teens. Bullying in any form is dangerous to teens. It can have lifelong repercussions on the victim. Cyber bullying is the new way that teens have found to brutally victimize other teens. "There is a consistent relationship across studies between cyber bullying and depression among children and adolescents." A study done on many middle and high school students confirmed the negative effects of cyber bullying. They concluded that depression is a direct repercussion of being bullied online.
 * Using social media to close to going to bed can have a negative effect on sleep. A study was done on college students who proved the negative relationship between length of social media use and sleep. While using social media during the day may not have as drastic as an effect, using social media two hours before bed can seriously effect sleep quality. "A longer duration of digital media use was associated with reduced total sleep time and later bedtime..."