Examining Research FYU015-0: Social Media Impact Project Analysis

This project delves into the multifaceted impacts of social media, exploring both its positive and negative effects on individuals and society. The assignment includes a reference list with books, journal articles, and newspaper articles, and a 2-minute video presentation explaining the choices made. The project analyzes how social media affects mental health, employment, and various societal issues, drawing from multiple sources. The research covers a range of topics, including the rise of social media, its impact on mental health, and the influence on advertising and child abuse. The project also highlights the increasing suicide rates linked to social media usage, as well as the opportunities it presents for employment. Furthermore, it discusses the stress and addiction associated with social media and the importance of ethical considerations.

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MAIN BODY
According to the book, The social media has become one of the major concern as well as
issue across the entire world and have revolutionized the lives of people (Fuchs, 2017).
As per the book, The rise of social media have impacted people in both positive and
negative way. Where on one side, it has helped people to acquire new information on the other
side it has become threat for their security (Tuten and Solomon, 2017).
Since the emergence of globalization, social media and advanced technology has been on
rise and thus has affected the lives of large number of people.It has been reported that due to the
rise of social media, suicide have increased from around 23.5% to more than 65.5% in UK
(Greenwood, Perrin and Duggan, 2016).
The addiction of social media among youths has lead to depression, anxiety and various
health issues like blurred vision etc. Social media have also impacted people and organization in
positive way. Like- there has been an increase in employment ratio in UK due to social media
from 34.5% to around 67.8% (Allcott and et.al.,2019).
According to the article published in The New York Times on 5th march, 2020, social
media have provided a great opportunity for large number of people (Social media, 2020).
As per article published in Science daily in 2019, social media mainly leads to great stress
among people and have made people dependent on it (Social media stress can lead to social
media addiction, 2019).
The article published in BBC news revealed that social media have provided
opportunities to employees within organization regarding various aspects (Social media, 2020).
Telegraph released article on 6th march 2020 reveled that social media have resulted in
high level of child abuse and large number of children have been molested through various
websites (Social media, 2020).

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Allcott, H and et.al.,2019. The welfare effects of social media (No. w25514). National Bureau of
Economic Research.
Books & Journals
Fuchs, C., 2017. Social media: A critical introduction. Sage.
Greenwood, S., Perrin, A. and Duggan, M., 2016. Social media update 2016. Pew Research
Center, 11(2).
Online
Social media stress can lead to social media addiction.2019. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/08/190827125559.htm>
Social media. 2020. [Online] Available through:
<https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c207p54m4pdt/social-media>
Social media. 2020. [Online] Available through: <https://www.nytimes.com/search?
query=Social+Media>
Social media. 2020. [Online] Available through: <https://www.telegraph.co.uk/social-media/>
Tuten, T.L. and Solomon, M.R., 2017. Social media marketing. Sage.