Nick Amoruso

Adam Padgett
ENGL 1102
March 11, 2014
Annotated Bibliography
Inquiry: What effects does Social Media hae o! tee!agers a!d "ou!g adults#
Proposed thesis: $%he use of Social Media ca! &roduce !egatie effects o! the
commu!icatio! skills of tee!agers a!d "ou!g adults'(
Rosen, Whaling, Rab, Cheever, and Carrier. "Is Facebook Creating iDisorders?
The Link beteen Clinical !"#$to#s o% &s"chiatric Disorders and Technolog"
'se, (ttit)des and (n*iet"." (cade#ic !earch Co#$lete. +,!C-, .a" /012.
Web.
)ose!, Whali!g, )a*, +heeer, a!d +arrier argue that e,te!sie use of -ace*ook
ma" result i! health disorders' %he" go o! to discuss a! e,&erime!t that .as
co!ducted to see if -ace*ook caused health disorders for adolesce!ts a!d "ou!g
adults' %he" fou!d that de&ressio! .as li!ked to those .ho .ere de&e!de!t of the
/!ter!et' %he authors state, $-ace*ook actiit" .as related to certai! a!tisocial
*ehaiors such as retaliati!g agai!st !egatie comme!ts a*out o!eself, readi!g
others0 status u&dates to see if the" are talki!g a*out "ou a!d seeki!g more social
su&&ort tha! o!e &roides to others'( / agree .ith the o*seratio!s a!d argume!ts
that the authors &ro&ose, *ut / do!0t thi!k that eer"o!e that uses -ace*ook
e,cessiel" .ill e,&erie!ce de&ressio!' %he authors also discuss that o*sessie
a!d com&ulsie *ehaiors hae *ee! o*sered i! &athological /!ter!et users'
Car$enter, Christo$her 3. "4arcissis# on Facebook5 !el%6$ro#otional and (nti6social
,ehavior." (cade#ic !earch Co#$lete. +,!C-, .ar. /01/. Web.
+ar&e!ter, a &rofessor i! the 1e&artme!t of +ommu!icatio! at Wester! /lli!ois
2!iersit", argues that e,te!sie -ace*ook use ca! lead to a!ti3social a!d
!arcissistic *ehaior' 4e goes o! to suggest that &eo&le .ho seek a .ider
audie!ce are &redicted to acce&t frie!d re5uests from stra!gers' +ar&e!ter goes o!
to sa", $%he" ma" also attem&t to gai! the atte!tio! of their audie!ce *"
fre5ue!tl" offeri!g !e. co!te!t' Posti!g status u&dates, &osti!g &ictures of
themseles, a!d cha!gi!g their &rofile are all methods of usi!g -ace*ook to focus
atte!tio! o! the self'( 4e the! goes o! to sa" that &eo&le .ith !arcissistic
*ehaior are also a!ti3social, *ecause the" focus so much o! *ei!g k!o.! i! their
irtual life that the" lack i! their real life social skills'
!ticca, Fabio, and !on7a &erren. "Is C"berb)ll"ing Worse than Traditional ,)ll"ing?
+*a#ining the Di%%erential Roles o% .edi)#, &)blicit", and (non"#it" %or the
&erceived !everit" o% ,)ll"ing." (cade#ic !earch Co#$lete. +,!C-, .a"
/012. Web.
Sticca a!d Perre! argue that c"*er *ull"i!g is .orse tha! traditio!al *ull"i!g' %he
reaso! *ei!g is that there is a larger audie!ce a!d i!creased &ote!tial for
a!o!"mous *ull"i!g' %he" also state that it is harder for the ictim to esca&e
o!li!e *ull"i!g *ecause it ca! occur outside of school' %he authors sa", $a!
i!creased &ote!tial to reach a large audie!ce 6&u*licit"7, a! i!creased &ote!tial for
a!o!"mit" of the *ull" 6a!o!"mit"7, a decreased leel of direct feed*ack *et.ee!
the *ull" a!d the ictim, decreased time a!d s&ace limits, a!d lo.er leels of
su&erisio!( are the &ossi*le outcomes of c"*er *ull"i!g' %he authors suggest that
the ictims of c"*er *ull"i!g e,&erie!ce lo.er leels of academic &erforma!ce,
lo.er famil" relatio!shi& 5ualit", ma!" &s"chological difficulties, a!d affectie
disorders' / su&&ort the argume!ts made *" the author *ecause / hae .it!essed
ma!" &eo&le fall ictim to c"*er *ull"i!g, a!d it is!0t eas" to &ut a! e!d to it'
Feng, 8ang, and Wen7ing 9ie. "Teens: Concern %or &rivac" When 'sing !ocial
4etorking !ites5 (n (nal"sis o% !ociali;ation (gents and Relationshi$s ith
&rivac"6$rotecting ,ehaviors." (cade#ic !earch Co#$lete. +,!C-, n.d. Web.
-e!g a!d We!8i!g argue that -ace*ook &riac"3setti!gs are!0t secure e!ough'
Although ma!" im&roeme!ts hae *ee! made oer the "ears to &riac", there
are still seeral issues' %he authors sa", $-ace*ook did !ot hae the &riac"3
setti!g fu!ctio! u!til the *egi!!i!g of 2009' :efore that, -ace*ook had *ee!
critici;ed for its i!asio! of &riac" a!d its &ote!tial commercial e,&loitatio! *"
third &arties'( %he authors go o! to sa" that adertisers a!d o!li!e marketers ca!
access -ace*ook users0 &erso!al i!formatio! such as age, ge!der, locatio!,
hometo.!, &hotos, a!d &erso!al i!terest .ithout &ermissio! or authori;atio!'
%he" ca! also use -ace*ook u!ethicall" *" data tracki!g, &hishi!g, a!d other
malicious &ur&oses' %he" also state that the &riac" setti!gs are ca! *e easil"
*"&assed, e,&osi!g -ace*ook users0 se!sitie i!formatio!'
De (bre), ,elinha. "I<ee$!a%e ,log." I<ee$!a%e R!!. 4.$., 4ov. /01/. Web.
=htt$5>>.ikee$sa%e.org>socialnetorking>a6$ositive6look6at6social6
netorking>?.
:eli!ha S' 1e A*reu, Ph'1', is a media literac" educator a!d the author of Media
Literac", Social Net.orki!g, a!d the We* 2'0 E!iro!me!t for the <312 Educator
620117' /! this article she argues that social !et.orki!g sites hae &ositie as&ects,
a!d !ot 8ust !egatie o!es' 1e A*reu states, $Peo&le .ho are fighti!g ca!cer or
tr"i!g to make a differe!ce i! resoli!g some of the .orld0s greatest tragedies
.ill &ost li!ks or stories or &laces .here o!e ca! co!tri*ute'( She also goes o! to
suggest that &eo&le hear most of their !e.s through social media sites, i!stead of
.atchi!g !e.s cha!!els' / do agree that there ca! *e *e!efits of usi!g social
media sites, *ut / do!0t *eliee that the &osities out.eigh the !egaties'