"'Advent of social media has alienated youth from society'." Times of India, 9 Apr.                  2017. GeneralOneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A488834726/ITOF?u=9211haea&sid=ITOF&xid=721724e5. Accessed 2 Mar. 2018.

This source focuses in the negative impact that social media has had the youth. It specifically pertains to the power that social media holds to make teens feel disconnected from the world around them. The piece explores the connection that social media has to depression and suicide rates increasing in the youth within recent decades. This piece highlights my research topic’s connection to teens distancing themselves from society due to social media.

 

Andersson, Erik and Johan Öhman. "Young People’s Conversations about Environmental and Sustainability Issues in Social Media." Environmental Education Research, vol. 23, no. 4, Apr. 2017, pp. 465-485. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/13504622.2016.1149551.

This article focuses on the power that social media holds to allow young individuals to make societal change on political, moral, and environmental stances. This article adds a somewhat opposing view to my research through highlighting the positive powers that social media holds to make a difference in our world. However, the article also discusses the dangers that come along with this access to the world. This academic article offers a different perspective and depth to my research question.

 

Belfort, Erin L. "62.3 Benefits and Consequences of Social Media: Talking to Youth about Their Social Media Habits." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 56, no. Supplement, 01 Oct. 2017, p. S91. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2017.07.358.

This source focuses on the potential beneficial and harmful factors that come along with the presence of social media within the lives of today’s youth. The article covers topics such as self-image issues and depression in regard to social media’s negative impact on today’s youth. The piece highlights aspects of social media that might lead teens to be more disconnected from society, and uninterested in in-person interactions. For this reason, it is relevant to my research question. 

 

Longstreet, Phil and Stoney Brooks. "Life Satisfaction: A Key to Managing Internet & Social Media Addiction." Technology in Society, vol. 50, 01 Aug. 2017, pp. 73-77. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.techsoc.2017.05.003.

This academic journal explores the addiction that recent generations have to their technological devices and the social media worlds that live inside of them. The article explores the addictive behaviors that are attached to social media. This piece comes from an academic journal which makes it a credible source. It is relevant to my research question because it delves into how social media and technology run a big part of human life within recent years.

 

Mihailidis, Paul. "The Civic-Social Media Disconnect: Exploring Perceptions of Social Media for Engagement in the Daily Life of College Students." Information, Communication & Society, vol. 17, no. 9, Oct. 2014, pp. 1059-1071. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1080/1369118X.2013.877054.

This academic journal article discusses the impact that social media has had the human desire to participate in real life human interactions. The piece specifically focuses on college students, and how social media controls multiple aspects of their daily lives. This piece is relevant to my research because it discusses the disconnect that has come along with the rise of social media in our lives. 

 

O’Keeffe, Gwenn Schurgin. "Social Media. Challenges and Concerns for Families." The Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 63, no. Childhood Development and Behavior, 01 Oct. 2016, pp. 841-849. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2016.06.009.

This piece discusses the dangers that come along with the extreme exposure to social media in children’s lives. Social media has the power to create a more ideal world for children since through social media they are able to lie about their age and engage in imaginative worlds. This kind of dependency on social media being instilled at such a young age holds the power to disconnect children from their families and can sometimes be dangerous to the safety of children.

 

PrakashYadav, Gyan1, gyanprakashaicte@gmail.com and Jyotsna1, jyotsnarai.faculty@gmail.com Rai. "The Generation Z and Their Social Media Usage: A Review and a Research Outline." Global Journal of Enterprise Information System, vol. 9, no. 2, Apr-Jun2017, pp. 110-116. EBSCOhost, doi:10.18311/gjeis/2017/15748.

This source discusses the impact of social media on recent generations specifically pertaining ages 14-25. The piece delves into the multiple aspect of human life that have been affected by social media in recent decades. The academic journal focuses on how social media has had both positive and negative effects on recent generations and the way in which they live their lives as individuals and as a society. This source relates to my topic because it focuses on the impact that social media and technology have had on younger generations and the way that they interact with the society around them which is the central topic of my research.

 

Salman, Ali, et al. "New Media Usage and Youth Participation." E-BANGI Journal, vol. 10, 2015 Special Issue, pp. 72-80. EBSCOhost

This academic journal explores the impact that immense access to social media has had on the youth’s formative brain. The piece delves into the effects that the media has on molding and developing the youth’s brain. This academic journal study also highlights the below average participation that the youth has in advocating for political issues in in-person interactions when being compared to their participation online. Overall, the piece relates to my research topic because it focuses on the increase of human presence online in comparison to human presence in everyday interactions, and also talks about the impact social media has had on younger generations and the way that they think. 

 

Shensa, Ariel, et al. "Social Media Use and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms: A Cluster Analysis." American Journal of Health Behavior, vol. 42, no. 2, Mar/Apr2018, pp. 116-128. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5993/AJHB.42.2.11.

This piece explores the effects that social media has had on depression and anxiety in young people. The piece centers around the connect between mental disorder and social media. This academic journal article pertains to my research because it serves as a possible explanation for why social media has caused a number of teens to be more disconnected from the people around them.

 

Tang-Mui, Joo and Teng Chan-Eang. "Impacts of Social Media (Facebook) on Human Communication and Relationships: A View on Behavioral Change and Social Unity." International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology, vol. 7, no. 4, Dec. 2017, pp. 27-50. EBSCOhost, doi:10.5865/IJKCT.2017.7.4.027.

This academic journal article explores the positive and negative impacts that social media has on human relationships specifically pertaining to Facebook and families. This piece explores how social media has made teens disconnected to the individuals around them. However, it also discusses how Facebook has been able to keep families together and connected to one another. This piece is relevant to my research because it offers both sides of the argument that I am making.