Week 12: Refine search on negative impacts of social media on teens/young adults

 

 

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  • Remind us of your search topic

Social media & its negative effects on teens’ body image & self-esteem

 

  • Tell us if these searches proved helpful

 

Yes. This database was useful because I found a plethora of articles on how mental health amongst young adults affect their interactions with technology

 

  • Document a subject search:

Social media & body image

“Selfies and social media: relationships between self-image editing and photo-investment and body dissatisfaction and dietary restraint.”

What database did you use?

Academic Search Premier

What source, identified with a full APA citation, led you to a subject term to use?

Posting edited photos of the self: Increasing eating disorder risk or harmless behavior?

The present study sought to determine how posting edited photos relates to disordered eating (aka eating disorders) , as well as anxiety and depression symptoms, in male and female college students

Reference: Wick, M. R., & Keel, P. K. (2020). Posting edited photos of the self: Increasing eating disorder risk or harmless behavior? International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(6), 864–872. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1002/eat.23263

How many new sources did you find?

  • Document a citation trace:
  • What database did you use?

Academic Search Premier

 

  • What source, identified with a full APA citation, did you trace? (It must be a different.

This was cited in the Wick, et al, study.:

Fardouly, J., Diedrichs, P. C., Vartanian, L. R., & Halliwell, E. (2015). Social
comparisons on social media: The impact of Facebook on young
women’s body image concerns and mood. Body Image, 13, 38 –45.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2014.12.002

  • How many sources cited it?

14

  • How many sources did it cite?

33

About tjkemoy

Hello Class: Hello all. My name is KJ Taylor and I am a senior completing my Bachelor of Science in Computer Networking &Telecommunications. I expect to graduate in December if all goes well. I am currently a system administrator/network administrator that works in the healthcare community.

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