Paul Monroy American Literature-Ratti Period 3 12 May 2015 Annotated Bibliography O'Keeffe, Gwenn Schurgin, and Kathleen Clarke-Pearson. The impact of social media on children, adolescents, and families. Pediatrics 127.4 (2011): 800-804. Summary The journal provides very well-interpreted information on the growing effects on social media users. O’Keeffe and Clarke-Pearson show many of the negative aspects of social media and their effects on the users, which are mostly teenagers and adolescents. Although there are undoubtedly many cons of social networking sites, the authors provide a point of view from a positive standpoint. As children grow into their teenage years, a drastic amount of them have some sort of access to a social networking …show more content…
A list of a number of sources is provided, showing that many other sources were needed for this publication. The authors do not show any bias towards one side. They clearly state both sides of the issues of social media impacts. Benefits and risks are stated very clearly. The authors want to demonstrate more of the risks to social media usage such as peer-to-peer, inappropriate content, and privacy issues. Data results are demonstrated, clearly showing the demographics of social network users and other important facts pertaining to it. They also state a list of resolutions for parents on their teens’ usage of social media sites and how they themselves as pediatrics can …show more content…
Primary ways that social media can affect and cause behavior related to suicide are mentioned. In-depth evaluation of these influences is given. Different types of social media offer different perspectives on the topic of suicide: some media offer pro suicide help, while others offer suicide prevention help. Legal actions and issues as well as future directions for research and prevention programs are discussed. The article presents evidence showing that social media may pose a risk to those who may be mentally or physically vulnerable and part of the virtual world. The authors examine the vast presence of suicide-related deaths and, although it cannot be proved, social media has some suicidal effects on