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Video 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=3_oA7mdTri0&t=5s

The title of the given video is “Young People, Social Media and Health- What is the

Answer?” and it is approximately within the range of six minutes of duration. The video

was narrated by Dr. Victoria Goodyear from the University of Birmingham. A brief

description of the video would include the discussion where social media is an

extremely potent educational and health resource that has a significant impact on

young people's lives. Most young people see positive effects from social media and use

it and produce it with awareness. While the health dangers of social media should not

be discounted, adults should concentrate on encouraging young people to use it so they

can experience more of its benefits for their wellness and health. While the health

dangers of social media should not be disregarded, adults should take steps to become

digitally literate in order to support young people at vulnerable moments and encourage

positive results.

When it comes to the knowledge gained from watching the video, it can be described

that social media brings a very high and significant impact on the children of the world

today. Moreover, it can be identified that parents are the key individuals who should

always be alert on their children’s social media activities. With the help of the

presenter’s thorough analysis, it can be noted that she has presented her point in a

very comprehensive manner for all viewers.

When it comes to the understandings gained from viewing the video, it can be classified

that if the risen issues of social media towards children are not addressed, irreversible

consequences may take place. In general terms, social media can create good impacts
as well as bad ones too. In expressive terms, it should be taken into observation that

parent’s supervision towards their children is a must when it comes to their upbringings

and exposures to social media platforms.


Video 2- https://youtu.be/p_IcD6NuamA

The video given contains the title which read “The Effects of Social Media on Body

Image in Young Women”, presented by the Breakfast Television, and it has the duration

of an approximate amount of 5 minutes. The guests who have been invited to speak

about the matter are three qualified women with different roles under social media

platforms and human behavior. When it comes to the description of the video in a brief

manner, it can be noted that unfortunately, social media is just another damaging

messaging channel that perpetuates cultural norms that promote unrealistic standards

for body image. Magazines, tabloids, and other media outlets have always attempted to

sway public perceptions of what the ideal or favored body shape should be. People

strive to be stereotypical in this dangerous way, which has a negative impact on mental

health. Under the pretense of inspiration, social media frequently objectifies bodies and

influences how individuals view and relate to food, clothing, and exercise. Because they

lack context and people are too eager to copy this kind of consumption without thinking

about whether or not the foods being presented are part of fad diets or have a basis in

proper nutrition and eating habits, even seemingly well-intentioned "movements" that

periodically appear, such as people posting images of their "healthy" meals, have an

undercurrent of toxicity and diet culture.

When it comes to the knowledge gained from watching the video, it can be identified

that social media plays a major role in self-esteem of children and young adults around

the world today. Moreover, it can be defined that the involvement of photographic

filters that help to cover flaws may be completely depended on by many people who
are not satisfied with their physical appearances. Additionally, it can also be described

that these factors may soon damage the confidence amongst the fellow social media

users and it can mentally affect them in the long run.

When it comes to the understandings gained from the video, it can be classified that

the usage of filters for photos may seem to be an addictive tool for many people who

wish to present themselves on social media. Based on estimations, the social media

platforms which do not happen to contain these tools will be most likely unused by

majority of the communities. In general terms, a conclusive observation which can be

seen is the fact that these tools may tend to assist an individual to enhance their

physical appearance, however, may also inflict the negative factor that they may

believe that it is their main source of assistance to feel confident with themselves to

post further.
Video 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4dOIS1NlTI

The video contains a title which is evidently impactful and it reads, “For Young Activists,

Political Rallying Happens on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter”, presented by the Voice of

America and authored by Trina Trinh. It has a watch time of an approximate number of

3 minutes. When it comes to the summary of the video, it can be seen that in a period

when the 2020 elections, the COVID-19 epidemic, and the Black Lives Matter campaign

are hot issues of discussion and action, young people's political activity on social media

has been on the increase. The majority of young people, 7 in 10, claim to have seen

news regarding the 2020 elections on at most one digital media platform. Instagram,

Twitter, and Facebook were the sources of election information for half of the younger

generations. These three sites were also the "top three" in 2018, but in 2020, a bigger

proportion of young people claim they have seen election material on them than they

did in 2018. A rise was anticipated since 2020 is a presidential election year, but the

magnitude of the increase is notable. Youngsters have been using social media

platforms such as the aforementioned to raise awareness to the public to mainly gather

for political rallies.

When it comes to the gathered knowledge from viewing the video, it can be defined

that the usage of social media to send a message amongst the society in the current

world today is an influential factor which brings significance to the matter. It can also

be described that social media platforms happen to be the key tool for the fellow

youngsters to gather their thoughts and opinions on specific matters as well. Besides

that, the aforementioned social media platforms are known to be tools which were
mainly designed to provide an assistance to the people of the world today to share,

post and also view current world issues today.

When it comes to the understandings of this video, it can be duly classified that many

youngsters today look to social media today instead of direct and physical approaches

to deliver messages effectively to people across the country or even the globe.

Moreover, it can be estimated that the usage of social media platforms such as the

aforementioned has evidently increased in the past five years compared to the ten

years before that. In a summarized version, the video has explained that with the use

of technology and the world wide web, people have gathered for rallies and other

activities with the main help of the effective messages bring spread to every nook and

corner of the desired targets and it has always provided wide scopes of public

involvement and engagements.

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