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Analysis Of June Eric Udorie's Article

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The news article “Social media is harming the mental health of teenagers”. The state has to act” by June Eric Udorie is biased about teenagers being affected by social media due to the article highlighting females using social media and its effect on them much more than males which shows the point through only one perspective making it heavily biased. In the last few years, social media has escalated into an addiction among many teens due to increasing concern about increasing their “social life” which has led to many becoming sleep-deprived. This has been especially apparent with teenage girls who are often more affected by the pressures of social media to look perfect, act perfect, and have the perfect body. This has led to teenagers as a whole having a worsening effect on their mental health …show more content…

By using the term “the state has to act” indicates that the government has to act on this problem but hasn’t made the reader further agree with the article. This also makes the reader feel as if it's a problem unaware of by many, making it have such a large impact on teenagers' mental health. The use of the headline further stimulates the reader, which makes them feel more inclined to agree with the ongoing problems with teenagers' impact on social media. The first image features a tired-looking teenage girl sitting up against the wall with her computer on her lap, looking deep in focus staring into her computer. The image evokes a sense of consensus between the reader and writer as it shows how teenagers can be consumed with social media, which can have serious implications on their mental health. The second image features the main two subjects in the image who are deeply focused on their phones, negating the outside world and each other. The image is depicted by the reader as the article suggests, most teenagers are these

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