The Impact of Social Media on Young People's Health and Well-being

SH4053QA Academic Skills
and Literacy finding and
presenting information

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Title and author of article/ book chapter/ report..........................................................................3
Reason of choosing this item.......................................................................................................3
Brief overview of the content present in the item........................................................................4
Main arguments of the authors....................................................................................................5
Main strength and weaknesses of the report................................................................................6
Ways this knowledge could be applied in the future being a health and social care students.....7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Social media are the interactive technologies that facilitates the creation as well as
sharing of different information, ideas as well as thoughts on specific concept or topic through
virtual communities and networks. The social media platforms play significant role in
influencing the people as well as enhancing the health and well-being among them. The present
report will assess the report “The impact of social media on young people's health and well-
being” (Goodyear, Armour and Wood, 2018). The report will provide the reason of choosing this
report as well as information present in the selected report. Further, the arguments of author,
strength & weaknesses of report as well as it future implications will also be described in the
present report in concise manner.
Title and author of article/ book chapter/ report
The title and author of the selected report is as follows:
Title: The impact of social media on young people's health and well-being.
Lead Authors:
Dr. Victoria Goodyear
Professor Kathleen Armour
Hannah Wood
Reason of choosing this item
The physical & mental health and well-being among young people are directly linked
with their behaviour, confidence and self-esteem. High level of well-being helps the young
people to protect their life from diseases, became more productive and active. It was researched
that the social media platforms have impacted the health and well-being of the young people in
positive way. But majority of reports, journals and articles cover the information that the social
media platform has negatively affected the health and well-being of young people. That's why to
assess the positive as well as negative impact of social media on young people health and well-
being, this specific report by author Dr. Victoria, Professor Kathleen and Hannah has been
selected for the present project (Goodyear, Armour and Wood, 2018).
This selected report or items is helpful for the users to understand the positive impact of
social media on people well-being and also the potential harm. The social media content