OUTLINE OF ARTICLE ANALYSIS/ELC550

OUTLINE OF ARTICLE ANALYSIS (15 MARKS)

Using information from the four (4) articles, write an outline based on the topic.

You are required to:

 come up with EIGHT (8) main ideas (i.e. 2 main ideas from each article)

 include a minimum of FOUR (4) supporting details from the articles for each
main idea

Reminder:

 All topic sentences and supporting details must be written in complete sentences.

OUTLINE OF ARTICLE ANALYSIS

GROUP MEMBERS: 1 RABIATUL HAMIZAH BINTI HIZAM

2 ALISSA WANIS BINTI ADNAN

3. NURUL NADIA BINTI SAHARUDDIN

4. NURFATIHAH BINTI KAMARUDIN

TITILE: Effects of Social Media on people

Thesis statement: Social media affects people differently, depending on pre-existing

condition and personality traits.

Point 1: Social media prevents direct communication

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Supporting details: a) Moderns teens are learning to do most of their communication

while looking at a screen and not to other person thus make
them learn the indirect communication.

b) When they are not doing their homework they are online and
on their phones, texting, sharing, and trolling

c) According to Dr Caterine Steiner In a way, texting and online

communication it’s not like it creates a nonverbal learning
disability, but it puts everybody in a nonverbal disabled
context, where body language, facial expression and even the
smallest kinds of vocal reaction are rendered invisible.

d) But when friendship conducted online and through texts, kids

are doing this in a context stripped of many of the most
personal and sometimes intimidating aspects of
communication.

Point 2: Social media made easy for people to stalk others and made people feel they
have been ignored.

Supporting details: a) Kids update their status, share what they are watching,
listening to , and reading and have an apps that let their friend
know their specific location all the times.

b) Everyone needs a respite from the demands of intimacy and

connection, time alone to regroup, replenish and just chill out.
When you don’t have that, it’s easy to become emotionally
depleted, fertile ground for anxiety to breed.

c) We all have phones and we responds to things pretty quickly,

so when you are waiting for a response that does not come ,
the silence are deafening.

d) According to Dr Wick, “In the old days when a boy was going
to break up with you, he had to have a conversation wit you or
at least call you but these days he might just disappear from
your screen , and you never get to have the ‘What did I do’
conversation” and then kids are often left to imagining the
worst about themself.

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Point 3: Social media can also lead to feeling of isolation.

Supporting details: a) While on the surface it appears social media brings people
together across the Internet, in a larger sense it may create
social isolation and even addiction.

b) In a study published in 2016 by Swansea University, people

experienced the psychological symptoms of withdrawal when
removed from social media.

c) As people spend increasing amounts of time on social

networks, they experience less face to face interaction which
also makes them more dependent on devices.

d) Scientists have evaluated social isolation in many studies, and

have determined that it can lead to a host of mental,
psychological, emotionally and physical problem including
depression, anxiety, somatic complaints and many others.

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Point 4: Negative health consequences also affected by social media use.

Supporting details: a) A study conducted by University of Missouri found regular use

of Facebook could lead to depression if the site triggered envy
in the user.

b) One of the professors conducting the research said, "If it is

used a way to size up one's own accomplishments against
others, it can have a negative effect."

c) A 2010 Case Western Reserve School of Medicine study

showed hyper-networking, more than three hours on social
networks per day and hyper texting, more than 120 text
messages per day correlated with unhealthy behaviors in
teens, including drinking, smoking and sexual activity

d) Hyper-networking was also associated with depression,

substance abuse, poor sleep patterns, suicide and poor
academic performance.

Point 5: Social media affects people’s self esteem .

Supporting details: a) A 2016 study by researchers at Penn State University

suggested that viewing other people’s selfies lowered self-
esteem, because users compare themselves to photos of
people looking their happiest.

b) Research from the University of Strathclyde, Ohio University

and University of Iowa also found that women compare
themselves negatively to selfies of other women.
c) A study of 1,000 Swedish Facebook users found that women
who spent more time on Facebook reported feeling less happy
and confident.

d) Mirrors and photos, the researchers explained, make people

compare themselves to social standards,

Point 6: Loneliness might be felt by people as an effect by addiction on social media

usage.

Supporting details: a) A study published in the American Journal of Preventive

Medicine last year surveyed 7,000 19- to 32-year-olds and

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found that those who spend the most time on social media
were twice as likely to report experiencing social isolation

b) Social isolation might include a lack of a sense of social

belonging, engagement with others and fulfilling relationships.

c) Spending more time on social media, the researchers said,

could displace face-to-face interaction, and can also make
people feel excluded.

d) Exposure to such highly idealised representations of peers’

lives may elicit feelings of envy and the distorted belief that
others lead happier and more successful lives, which may
increase perceived social isolation.

Point 7: Social media leads to cyberbullying and imposter syndrome

Supporting details: a) “kids text all sorts of things that you

would never in a million years contemplate saying to anyone’s
face,” says Dr.Donna Wick, a clinical and developmental
psychologist.

b) social media is teaching them to do is disagree in ways that

are more extreme and do jeopardize the relationship

c) Peer acceptance is a big thing for adolescents, and many of

them care about their image as much as a politician

running for office, and to them it can feel as serious. Add to

that the fact that kids today are getting actual polling

data on how much people like them or their appearance via

things like “likes.”

d) As Dr. Steiner-Adair explains, “Self-esteem comes from

consolidating who you are.” The more identities you have,

and the more time you spend pretending to be someone you

aren’t, the harder it’s going to be to feel good about yourself.

Point 8: Stress can be driven by social media.

Supporting details: a) In 2015, researchers at the Pew Research Center based in

Washington DC sought to find out if social media induces more

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stress than it relieves as People use social media to vent about

everything from customer service to politics, but the downside
to this is that our feeds often resemble an endless stream of
stress.

b) In the survey of 1,800 people, women reported being more

stressed than men. Twitter was found to be a “significant
contributor” because it increased their awareness of other
people’s stress.

c) researchers concluded that social media use was linked to

“modestly lower levels” of stress.

d) But Twitter also acted as a coping mechanism – and the more

women used it, the less stressed they were. The same effect
wasn’t found for men, whom the researchers said had a more
distant relationship with social media.

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Conclusion : Social media has taken its position into the real world and has
interfered with the lives of many. While social networking has clearly
demonstrable negative impacts, it is most likely here to stay. Deciding
whether you or your children will use social networks is an individual
choice. By using these platforms responsibly and encouraging your
children to do the same, you can harness the benefits of social
networking while avoiding the potential drawbacks.

CRITICAL COMMENTS BASED ON THE FOUR ARTICLES

TONE/BIAS:

Article 1: Neutral

Article 2: Neutral

Article 3: Neutral

Article 4 : Neutral

INTENDED AUDIENCE:

Article 1: General public

Article 2: Teenagers

Article 3: General public

Article 4 : General public

PURPOSE OF ARTICLE:

Article 1: To inform

Article 2: To inform

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Article 3: To inform

Article 4 : To inform

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE ARTICLES:

Article 1: ___________________________________________________________

Article 2: ___________________________________________________________

Article 3: ___________________________________________________________

Article 4 : ___________________________________________________________

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REFERENCES BASED ON APA FORMAT (4 ARTICLES)

Brown, J. (2018). Is social media bad for you? The evidence and the unknowns.
Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180104-is-social-media-
bad-for-you-the-evidence-and-the-unknowns

Ehmke, R. How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers. Retrieved from

https://childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/

Oakes, K. (2019). The complicated truth about social media and body image.
Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190311-how-social-media-
affects-body-image

Reed, D. Negative Impact of Social Networking Sites. Retrieved from

https://socialnetworking.lovetoknow.com/Negative_Impact_of_Social_Networ
king_Sites

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