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Q: How and why should people make improvements in their personal use of social media?
Your thesis or claim will answer the WHY question with specifics about the dangers, harms, or problems that can arise from social media. Answer the HOW question to indicate specific things people can do to avoid or improve those problems.
From your research, you'll establish some problems with social media. Then you will provide some helpful solutions. We will look at one source in common for the problem and one for solution, and then you will locate and use a third source to add to either your problem paragraphs or your solution ones.Click to open Research Collection Doc, 3 sources to store your quotations and citations for sources and to write the sentences in which you use that material to make your arguments.Primary online database: SIRS Issues Researcher ViewpointThe Problem Claim, from SIRS: "Social media use has been linked to a number of issues, including mental health problems, privacy concerns, and safety risks."
- **Social Media Addiction: How Social Media Companies Function Like Casinos (everybody source)
- "A New Student Movement Wants You to Log Off"
- It's Not Too Late to Quit Social Media
- Don't Let Facebook Make You Miserable
- Does Social Media Affect Your Body Image?
Use one of these sources to help with Solutions:
**Website with Helpful Tips to Improve Use of Social Media:
“Take Control of Your Social Media Use.” Center for Humane Technology, 17 Aug. 2021, https://www.humanetech.com/youth/take-control-of-your-social-media-use.
(another option) from Opposing Viewpoints database: "Healthy Social Media Use Means Finding Balance"Find a third source to add to your problem argument or your solution argument with SIRS Issues Research or one of the databases below.Additional Databases With Sources on Social Media:
- Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints
- MAS Ultra - School Edition (Search for this database from the GCPS Online Research Library.)
- ABC-CLIO: Understanding Controversy and Society
