Effect of social media on the youths

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  • Role of the media in influencing trajectories of youth smoking.

    There have been a decrease in the number of youths smoking due to anti-smoking advertisements, product placement in movies and news coverage about smoking.
    Wakefield, Melanie, et al. "Role Of The Media In Influencing Trajectories Of Youth Smoking." Addiction 98.(2003): 79-103. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.

  • The Internet And Social Life.

    Social media is a means of communication for people who are far away from each other. Therefore, people are able to communicate with their family memebrs and friends. People are able to travel to different countries with the assurance that they will be able to see their family members.
    Bargh, John, and Katelyn Mckenna. "The Internet And Social Life." Yale Library. 18 Aug. 2004. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.

  • Social Media & Mobile Internet Use among Teens and Young Adults

    This report brings together recent findings about internet and social media use among young adults by situating it within
    comparable data for adolescents and adults older than 30. All the most current data on teens is drawn from a recent survey conducted in 2009.
    Lenhart, Amanda, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith, and Kathryn Zichuhr. "Social Media & Mobile Internet Use among Teens and Young Adults." Pewinternet. 3 Feb. 2010. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.

  • Social Media and Youth Participatory Politics: A Study of University Students.

    Youths in Pakistan are nowparticipating in political activities. Facebook serves as the medium to analyse their opinion on issues confronting pakistani society.
    Ahmad, Khalil, and Karim Sajjad Sheikh. "Social Media And Youth Participatory Politics: A Study Of University Students." South Asian Studies (1026-678X) 28.2 (2013): 353-360. Academic Search Premier. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.

  • Social media as a vector for youth violence: A review of the literature.

    Social media is a medium throuh which teenagers perpe violence such as bullying harrasement dating aggrepion and gang related crimes. According to a research carried out by, the doctors of the cyberbullying research center, 20% youths replied experiencing cyberbullying. While 20% of the youths, reported that they have participated in cyberbullying.

  • Sexting, selfies and self-harm: young people, social media and the performance of self-development.

    Social media serves as a means of entertainment self-expression and sharing lives, it causes academic and public concern such as cyberbullying, spoiling people's reputation and ethnic degeneration.
    Gabriel, Fleur. "Sexting, selfies and self-harm: young people, social media and the performance of self-development." Media International Australia incorporating Culture and Policy 2014: 104. Literature Resource Center. Web. 18 Sept. 2014.