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Dr. Drew Pate is an expert on the mental and emotional health of teenagers. Whenever he speaks to teen patients or their parents, one question always arises: Is social media bad for teens?

Parents wonder if their children's constant use of Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat is healthy. Teenagers talk about the pressure to post the perfect photo or to compete with the perfect lives their friends present on the Internet.

Doctors are hearing more and more about the damage being caused by social media, said Pate. Almost any teen involved in social media has probably been harmed by it in some way, he said.

Evidence Mixed On Social Media's Influence On Teens

Researchers and scientists are still trying to figure out how social media use affects young people. So far, the evidence is mixed.

Studies have shown the around-the-clock world of social media takes a mental and emotional toll on some young people. It has been linked to increased worrying and feelings of depression.

Depression is more serious than sadness. It can feel like an inability to be happy. Depression is often caused by physical imbalances of chemicals in the brain. Sometimes, though, outside factors such as social media can affect mood and worsen depression.

Social media can also have a positive effect, however. For example, it can be a useful resource for teens. It can help them find social support when they are struggling with life issues, and it can provide them with a place where they can express themselves. Some teens are able to build real friendships with people they only know through social media.

The Negative Effects Of Too Much Use

However, one recent study cast social media in a decidedly bad light. It found that the more time teens spend on social media, the more likely they are to feel depressed and have problems sleeping.

Researchers have also found a link between social media use and poor body image, which can lead to eating disorders. A recent survey conducted by London's Royal Society for Public Health suggests that Instagram and Snapchat are the most likely to cause body-image problems among teens. Young women, in particular, are bombarded with images of perfect bodies. Many of those images are digitally edited to mask people's flaws and imperfections.

Teenagers are already self-conscious and easily affected by what others say, said Dr. Pate. They may start comparing their lives to those of people on social media. They may think comments people make on social media are directed at them when they are not. Or, they may misinterpret what someone says.

Social Media Called Dangerously Addictive By Some Experts

Many experts say social media can be dangerously addictive. Some doctors believe excessive social media use should be officially recognized as an addiction, like addiction to drugs or cigarettes.

The more loaded with images a social media site is, and the more rapidly content changes, "the greater the chance of an addiction," said Dr. Bankole Johnson. Teens who get hooked on such forms of social media find it hard to spend too much time away from them. Their schoolwork can suffer as a result. So can their personal relationships and their moods.

However, some experts warn against seeing social media as purely harmful. They point to studies that have found positive effects.

Positive Effects For Some Young Social Media Users

One study found that social media helps teenagers who play video games excessively. Heavy gamers who have a network of friends on social media seem to do better than those who play the games a lot and don't have similar social networks. They seem to be less likely to experience feelings of depression and worry, said researcher Michelle Colder Carras.

Carras said that care needs to be taken when making a direct link between mental health and social media use. She said it is not always clear whether social media is really the cause of the problem.

The Royal Society survey that found a link between social media use and body-image problems didn't dig deeply enough, Carras said. It didn't ask whether the teens already had mental health problems. It also didn't try to determine if those problems could have been linked to something else.

Limiting Use Of Social Media Recommended

The Royal Society lists several proposals for easing the ill effects of social media. Sites like Instagram could highlight when people have digitally edited their image or post warnings about the dangers of too much social media use, the group said. It also suggested that schools teach safe social-media use.

In severe cases, some teens might need to give up social media completely, Dr. Pate said.

Others might need to be restricted to socializing with a select group of people. Parents can also help by limiting the amount of time their children spend on social media.

"It boils down to what the kids can manage and handle when it comes to the stress created by these sites," Dr. Pate said. "We want the kids to individualize their own approach."

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1.What might cause these negative effects on children?
2. What would you do if your child is too addicted to social media?
3. What will help us become less addicted to social media?

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1. How might social media affect you as a teenager in modern society.
2. How can social media affect how a person is "required to act" and their and what might this do to their character?
3. Why is social media slowly and slowly moving into a more younger audience and would you allow your kids to be on social media if you were a parent?

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Modern Day Connection to The Great Gatsby

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Modern Day Connection to The Great Gatsby

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In the world of The Great Gatsby there is a character named Jay Gatsby. We learn that Jay Gatsby throws these elaborate parties to attract all sorts of people and they all go to the party and and have fun, the main thing is though that they all "know" Jay but in reality no one knows him but they all go to the party just to take advantage of his party and drink and enjoy all his givings. Also Jay does this and portrays himself as this party man at his parties but when all the parties are over he hides in his house and sits in his world of sadness and loneliness. This is the same as teens and social media. In the world of social media people can hide behind this mask were people won't actually see the true you. In this the pressure of today's society there is a standard that if you don't post something everyday you are not cool enough.

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"A recent survey conducted by London's Royal Society for Public Health suggests that Instagram and Snapchat are the most likely to cause body-image problems among teens." "just as it began my eyes fell on gatsby, standing alone on the marble steps and looking from one group to another with approving eyes"(50) Gatsby judges the people at his parties without even getting to know them, he see`s them as furniture filling his parties and fueling his popularity.

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As a teen, fitting in seems like the most important thing at that age and with social media its seems like everyone's worried about how many "likes" they get on their photo or tweet.
2. teens today don`t express their personality through clothing as they usually wear whats in fashion and whats expensive as a result of users showing off their expensive clothes on social media
3. kids are getting into technology younger and younger as a result of parents buying their kids iPads/ phones at a young age. its safe to say that most teens have a social media account and their influencing the younger generation. If i was a parent i would not let my child use social media because they are susceptible to being bullied which can cause them to have insecurities at a young age.

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1.children are more susceptible to being bullied as they are an easy target on social media, and lack of likes can lower their self esteem.
2. IF i was a parent i wouldn't let my child use social media at all, however, social media seems like a normal part of teen life. But like all good things too much of it can be unhealthy.
3. traveling and seeing new places is an amazing experience and its hard to not to want to take a picture to post online to show off to your friends and family on social media, but sometimes its better to live in the moment, put down your phone, and really experience the places you go.

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https://bit.ly/2Gd66LV

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Amber creates the page, Tyler finds the photos and Derek made the email.

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tomsmellsbadd@gmail.com

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~Created Instagram Page
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Description: I tried to make him use modern slang in his posts.

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-  Found photos for the Instagram Page.
Description: I thought about how the photos of Jay could be like how modern day teens try to post really "cool" photos of themselves and hide behind the mask of their social media pages.

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-made the email
desc: Thought about what email Gatsby would have if he was in the 21st century.

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We chose this component because teens use social media pages to show how cool they are and to attract attention to themselves and show people how cool they are and it ties in with how Jay threw parties to the hope of one day they would attract Daisy back to him and that is how we based the social media page on with his personality.