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PSY-260: Introduction to Psychological Research and Ethics Topic 1: Media Claims versus Empirical Facts Media Claim

Scientific Fact to Support Claim

Scientific Fact to Oppose Claim

Example: Consuming too much social media can negatively impact our wellbeing.

Greater exposure to social media is linked to lower levels of self-esteem (Vogel, 2014).

For personal health, social media can provide patients with tools for empowerment and engagement with others. (Househ, Borycki, & Kushniruk, 2014).

Social media has caused bullying rates to increase

Anonymity is a huge reason as to why cyberbullying rates have been increasing (Von Marées & Petermann, 2012).

More and more teens have reported that they had ore positive experiences than bad ones, about 52% (Madden et al, 2013).

Social Media has made people feel more isolated and lonelier

Young adults are more likely to feel loneliness and be on social media more often because of their available free time, making this claim justifiable (Yavich et al., 2019).

Those who are shy and less active on social media received higher scores of loneliness (Deters & Mehl, 2013).

Body image issues have increased because of Social Media

Social Media can cause eating disorders, low selfesteem, depression, and substance addiction (Burnette et al., 2017).

In a study, those who view themselves positively because of social media, will be more confident about spreading their own ideas on the platforms (Lee et al., 2014).

Mental health illnesses (depression, anxiety etc.) have increased because of these social sites

According to the results of the study conducted, social media was liked with sleep deprivation, addiction,

Results in a study revealed that concerns whether social media is a cause for mental

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Social Media caused suicide rates to increase among teens

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depression and anxiety disorders (O’Reilly et al., 2018).

health issue is unjustifiable (Berryman et al., 2018).

Due to cyberbullying, there is an increase suicidal ideation and behaviors among teens (Romero et al., 2013).

People who have suicidal thoughts have reported that they use social media as a platform for peer support (Luxton et al., 2012).

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Romero, A. J., Wiggs, C. B., Valencia, C., & Bauman, S. (2013). Latina teen suicide and bullying. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 35(2), 159-173. Von Marées, N., & Petermann, F. (2012). Cyberbullying: An increasing challenge for schools. School Psychology International, 33(5), 467-476. Yavich, R., Davidovitch, N., & Frenkel, Z. (2019). Social media and loneliness--Forever connected?. Higher Education Studies, 9(2), 10-21.

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