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social media and suicide
Is social media really the main source for suicide or is it the people who are responsible for using social media for the wrong reasons such as cyber bullying, and suicide pacts? Is social media an influence for suicide? Elaborate on why/how social media could help reduce suicide rates. Why are suicide pacts used? Why are suicide rates so high? Could they be lowered? How?

my 4 source bibliography:

Chan, Melissa, et al. "Engagement of vulnerable youths using internet platforms." PLoS ONE, vol. 12, no. 12, 2017, p. e0189023. Academic OneFile, http://libraryproxy.tulsacc.edu:2095/apps/doc/A519675955/AONE?u=odl_tcc&sid=AONE&xid=e3835c33. Accessed 8 Mar. 2018.

HEROLD, BENJAMIN. "Louisville Suicide Highlights Role of Social Media in Crisis Response." Education Week, vol. 33, no. 29, 23 Apr. 2014, p. 14. EBSCOhost, 199.245.164.25:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=95759427&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

Marchant, Amanda, et al. "A systematic review of the relationship between internet use, self-harm and suicidal behaviour in young people: The good, the bad and the unknown." PLoS ONE, vol. 12, no. 8, 2017, p. e0181722. Academic OneFile, http://libraryproxy.tulsacc.edu:2095/apps/doc/A500760822/AONE?u=odl_tcc&sid=AONE&xid=2274e8d2. Accessed 8 Mar. 2018.

Martin, Florence, et al. "Middle School Students' Social Media Use." Educational Technology & Society, vol. 21, no. 1, 2018, p. 213+. Academic OneFile, http://libraryproxy.tulsacc.edu:2095/apps/doc/A524180841/AONE?u=odl_tcc&sid=AONE&xid=490683d3. Accessed 8 Mar. 2018.

DRAFT:

Although many teens and preteens encounter suicide related posts from peers on different social media apps, they also encounter suicide prevention hotlines and website links as well (Florence 2). Internet use can cause more exposure to graphic content and lead to cyber bullying, in many cases over the past ten years cyber bullying has lead to self harm and suicide (Marchant 1). A girl who attended a Louisville High School posted a video suicide note and then killed herself back in 2014. The girl did not receive any help leading H. Eric Sparks, the director of the American School Counselor Association, to say that troubled students should be directed to help hotlines or to trusted authorities to seek an intervention as quickly as possible (Herold 14).