For my Knowledge Paper, I decided that I wanted to discuss the impact of social media and social media addiction on the mental health and well-being of young adults and adolescents in our society today. Since social media plays such a big role in our lives, it’s imperative that we understand what implications misuse or addiction to social media might have. First, I discussed and defined social media addiction and symptoms and how they relate to the youth. Then I discussed a recent news story and how it was related to the negative effects of social media as well. I then go on to discuss the effects that social media can have on body image and body dissatisfaction and end my paper explaining how the misuse of social media can also be linked to narcissism in individuals. Overall, I discuss several negative side effects that misuse of social media can cause, but I am sure to mention that social media also has many positive effects as well.

Knowledge Paper:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13bV6SJ1X90tzzPNjwG45cmr7JjvLPeQ13bltb_XmcWA/edit?usp=sharing

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