English 12 – Multi-Genre Reading Annotations
Topic Social Media’s Effect on Mental Health
Title of Source and Author
Social Media’s Effect on Mental
Health: How America’s youth are
more vulnerable to its negative
implications.
Written by Melissa Magner
Social Media’s Effect on Mental
Health: How America’s youth are
more vulnerable to its negative
implications.
Written by Melissa Magner
Social Media’s Effect on Mental
Health: How America’s youth are
more vulnerable to its negative
implications.
Written by Melissa Magner
Name:
Quotation from Source and Page # (if applicable)
“Because external validation is so important to adolescents, some even engage
in strategies to increase the amount of “likes” they receive on their posts. This
is because a small amount of likes may reflect negatively on how an individual
appears to their peers, and therefore negatively affects their self-image and
self-esteem.” pg. 14
“When studying motivations for deceptions online, it was found that
‘individuals utilizing deception are creating or preserving conflicts that
correlate with low self-worth, identity development, relationship issues,
personality disorders, and social desirability which all have been shown to lead
to long-standing clinical issues such as depression and anxiety.’ (Grossman,
2017, p.3).” pg. 14
“Additionally, while only 8% reported they felt insecure or jealous when a
friend received more likes on his/her photo than they did, 40% of those
surveyed reported that they feel “less than” their peers when they do not
receive as many likes.” pg. 15
Kieran
Critical and/or Personal Response
(Summarize, Connect, Question, Expand)
What the author is trying to say is that youngsters want to make themselves look worthy
of attention and, in the process, are setting themselves up for potential negative
consequences. Personally, I’ve never felt this way, however I do know some people who
may be sensitive to this.
What is being said here is that people who perform online deception may have mental
issues related to social media. I can’t say that I know anyone personally like this,
however I have seen it online.
What I interpret from this quote is just another example of jealousy which may become a
pattern like addiction in these annotations.
Social Media’s Effect on Mental
Health: How America’s youth are
more vulnerable to its negative
implications.
Written by Melissa Magner
“However, Frison and Eggermont (2017) found that in contrast to active
activities like posting and liking, passive activities like browsing are related to
increases in adolescents’ depressed mood. Additionally, they argue that where
Facebook can be used to seek social support and decrease depressed mood,
this is not the case with Instagram because there are less opportunities to
actively communicate and receive positive support.” pg. 15
What the author is telling us is that the social media site we view can give us different
mental health effects. Although I would say that my mental health is fine, I tend to feel
different when I am viewing different social media sites. I can be engaged in one and
quite bored in another.

Social Media’s Effect on Mental
Health: How America’s youth are
more vulnerable to its negative
implications.
Written by Melissa Magner
“Furthermore, they suggest that repeated attempts to achieve ‘the perfect The author explains that even the effort of getting the perfect selfie can lead to mental
selfie’ can perpetuate insecurities and high self-consciousness; meanwhile, the consequences if not received the way they wanted.
absence of feedback, specifically positive feedback on a ‘selfie’ has been
proposed as potentially dangerous to one’s confidence and self-esteem.” pg.
16