Essay Plan

This is the plan for the essay I am writing about social media effects on mental health in youth.
Introduction: The introduction will consist of explaining the topic and identifying what will happen. Definitions of key words will be written to ensure complete understanding of the topic. Statistics will then be discussed to give a situational analysis.

Body: The body of this essay will outline both positive and negative outlooks on social media effects on youth using academic evidence. An array of media is placed throughout the body to give a visual look of the essay.

Conclusion: The conclusion will analyse my final outlook on the topic giving my opinion after supportive evidence on both views.

These are the articles I am using for my essay to support my thesis of the topic.

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2011). Children of the Digital Revolution. Australian Social Trends 2011, 1-5.

Collier, R. (2013). Social media and mental health. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal., 577.

Fenton, A., & Panay, N. (2013). Social media and health. Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society, 609-610.

Iverson, D. 2011, social media, social networking, social computing tag cloud,
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Kawachi, I., & Berkman, L. F. (2001). Social Ties and Mental Health. Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 458–467.

Landmark Digital Limited. (2013). Internet is bad for kids' mental health. Irish Examiner, 1.

Lipscomb, J. (2010). What is social media? Dental Economics, 74.

MySecureCyberspace. (2012, June 12). Think Time: Teens and Social Networks

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Oxford University Press. (2014). Extensive. Retrieved from Oxford Dictionaries: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/extensive

Paton, G. (2014). Social media threatens pupils' mental health, headmaster warns. The Daily Telegraph, 14.

Rodríguez-González, A., Mayer, M. A., & Fernández-Breis, J. T. (2013). Biomedical information through the implementation of social media environments. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 955–956.

Seo, H., Houston, J. B., Leigh , K. A., Kennedy, E. J., & Inglish, A. B. (2014). Teens’ social media use and collective action. New media & society, 883-902.

The Parthenon. (2014). Is social media having an effect on mental health? University Wire, 1.

Wutchy, S. (2009). What is a social tie? PNAS, 15099–15100.