User:Ryleighbecker/Social media and suicide

What I would like to contribute to the Wikipedia page "Social media and suicide" is potentially more data and evidence in the first paragraph "Social Media and Suicide." Within one of my secondary sources there is lots of data highlighting suicide rates within certain ages and specifically talks about at what point social media/screens can cause issues (mentally).

“A study published in 2015 found that the threshold for where kids start to have more mental health problems is the 2-hour mark,” Zelazny said during the presentation. “Teens who reported using social media sites more than 2 hours a day were much more likely to report poor mental health outcomes like distress and suicidal ideation. A study done the following year found that problematic internet use resulted in poor mental health outcomes longitudinally, and these were mediated by poor sleep.”

While there is great information in the first paragraph, there is a lot of claims made but no stats or hard evidence that really proves any of it to be true. There is also the phrase "increasing evidence" in the first paragraph but there is no actual evidence to support what is being said. There is nothing to back this claim up. I also think this claim holds a little bit of bias, so if it was replaced with data, then maybe this claim could stand true.

Another change I would like to make, would be to add pictures. There is nothing in here and while it is good information, there is a lot of words and no break (images) to seperate this dark and sad topic.

It might also consider making adjustments to the Social Media risks section because some of the info/correlation given is not super clear and more stats/evidence could help better support what is going on here.

I think it is also vital to balance out this dark matter with some light and talk about the good that social media has done (connect people, great community, learn, etc)

Wiki Step 3:

The specific phrase that I want to change is within the first paragraph where is says “Additionally, there is increasing evidence that the Internet and social media can influence suicicide-related behavior.” While saying that there is “increasing evidence” is great, there is no actual evidence or data given in this sentence or paragraph that actually backs this up. Therefore, my addition would be to add data after this statement is made. I would like to add the quote that says, “A study published in 2015 found that the threshold for where kids start to have more mental health problems is the 2-hour mark,” Zelazny said during the presentation. “Teens who reported using social media sites more than 2 hours a day were much more likely to report poor mental health outcomes like distress and suicidal ideation. A study done the following year found that problematic internet use resulted in poor mental health outcomes longitudinally, and these were mediated by poor sleep.” (Healio.com). I think this is a great statistic/data with a great quote from a credible source that backs up the previously said statement without making or completely changing this intro paragraph. I also think that this stat provides great insight into what will likely later be talked about without going too much in depth. Having some type of data or quote within the intro provides credibility as it is clear that the author of this wiki article has done research on this topic and this is not just going to be an article about their opinion.