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1. Mental illness portrayed in media- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_illness_portrayed_in_media - The section we could add would be "Mental Health Portrayed in social media" -I also think we would be able to add to the section- News. - Mental Health is a really hot topic right now and movies and TV don't always accurately display it. This can growth when we learn about Social Networks in Society.

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 * 1) https://link-springer-com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00127-018-1571-5.pdf
 * 2) This source goes in depth about the stigmatization of mental health through social media platforms. It gives examples of things such as OCD, anxiety, or depression are used to describe things so trivial that it makes people who suffer from the real thing less likely to be taken seriously.
 * 3) Citation: Robinson, Patrick, et al. “Measuring Attitudes towards Mental Health Using Social Media: Investigating Stigma and Trivialisation.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, Aug. 2018. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s00127-018-1571-5.

2. Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

This source talks about how social media can affect sleep patterns, changes in mood, other negative effects on mental illness.

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Social media can have an impact on how mental illness is portrayed and also can be linked to its development, according to Patrick Robinson. Social media can create stigmas towards mental health that are not being made towards physical health. He conducts a study on Twitter and discovers that things such as OCD, anxiety, or depression are used to describe things so arbitrary, that it takes away the seriousness from the mental illness itself. One example of how social media can have a negative affect on mental health is how people use Instagram and other forms of media to compare themselves to other peoples posts. People post the fun and exciting things happening in their lives or maybe they are losing weight and looking well and that can cause self doubt in other people. The self doubt can lead to depression or other self esteem issues. . Traditional mainstream media portrays unrealistic, idealized, and sexualized body types for women and also men. Ladies having a heavier body type are less likely to be portrayed in a romantic situation. This depiction can lead to the body shaming of females who do not have the 'ideal' body type.