Annotated Bibliography

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Sam Reber

Mary Bodelson

English 1120/1121 Section 05

November 7, 2021

Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Alvarez, Antonia R. G. “‘IH8U’: Confronting Cyberbullying and Exploring the Use of

Cybertools in Teen Dating Relationships.” Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 68, no.

11 Nov. 2012, pp. 1205–1215. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1002/jclp.21920.

This journal article discusses what cyberbullying is as well as different types of cyberbullying

(cybertools), particularly in teen dating relationships. The information provided covers two large

surveys of teens in the United Kingdom and United States that describes specific methods of

electronic victimization. The results will discuss frequency, gender differences and causes of

cyberbullying. The article is valuable because it gives a lot of good examples and statistics about

how youth are being cyberbullied. It touches on the effects it has on mental health and one’s

psychological well-being. The source will help my argument because it describes the personal

experience of one teen girl’s relationship in which she was cyberbullied and discusses her need

for months of therapy.

Coffey, Kelly. "Social Media? More Like Anti-Social Media for this Generation." University

Wire, 8 Oct. 2014. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/social-media-more-

like-anti-this-generation/docview/1609180864/se-2?accountid=40736.

The article from a newspaper discusses the effect of social media usage on the social skills for

this generation. The author argues that social media is ruining the younger generations and gives

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examples of why he thinks so. He touches on the point that people no longer know how to have

face to face conversations. The article includes quotes from doctors in the field of psychology

and mass communication professors. The information is helpful because the author gives

personal examples of how social media has affected younger generation’s interpersonal skills

and is preventing them from living in the moment.

Cranford, Clayton. "How Predators are Using Social Media to Exploit Your Children and What

You Can do to Stop Them" Cyber Safety Copy, 21 Feb. 2015.

https://cybersafetycop.com/how-predators-are-using-social-media-to-exploit-your-child-

and-what-you-can-do-to-stop-them/.

This online article discusses the way that youth are being exploited by online predators. It

addresses the questions and fears that parents have regarding how they can keep their children

safe online. The article gives an example of a ten-year-old girl that was preyed upon by multiple

people when using Snapchat. It provides valuable information on how online predators lure in

unsuspecting youth and how the online communication progresses and intensifies. The author

proves to be a credible resource as the instructor of Cyber Safety parent workshops. The article is

especially helpful in that it gives parents useful suggestions on how to keep their children safe

online. The information provided will support the argument that online predators is one of the

many reasons why social media is harmful for adolescents.

Nesi, Jacqueline, and Mitchell J Prinstein. “Using Social Media for Social Comparison and

Feedback-Seeking: Gender and Popularity Moderate Associations with Depressive

Symptoms.” Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, vol. 43,8, 2015, pp. 1427-1438.

PMC, doi:10.1007/s10802-015-0020-0.

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This journal article discusses a study that investigates the contributions of social networking

sites regarding the problems of social comparison and social media addiction. It touches on the

negative consequences of using social media sites and concentrates specifically on social

comparison in adolescents. It also discusses the effects of social media use based on things like

popularity and gender. The article investigates the upward and downward comparisons that teens

will make when using social media. The information is valuable to the argument that social

media usage can cause depression as it suggests that negative social comparison due to social

media use is highly associated with lower life satisfaction.

The Social Dilemma. Directed by Jeff Orlowski, Exposure Labs, 2020. Netflix,

netflix.com/title/81254224.

This Netflix documentary discusses the advent of social media and the how it changes the brain

and manipulates human psychology. The documentary breaks down how social media

companies take advantage of people, focusing mostly on teenagers. Much of the information

comes from a former Google design ethicist, who also argues against how big tech companies

manipulate their users. It includes interviews with social engineers as well as psychology

experts. The information is helpful to my argument as it will point out how social media changes

human psychology and affects a person’s brain.

Zielenski, Alicia A. Is there a “Happy Filter” on Instagram? The Associations Between

Instagram Use, Social Comparison, and Depressive Symptoms, Alfred University, Ann

Arbor, 2021. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/is-there-happy-

filter-on-instagram-associations/docview/2566240018/se-2.

This dissertation discusses the relationship between social media use, social comparison and

depression in adolescents. While it includes both the positives and negatives of social media, it

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focuses primarily on the negative aspects. The author argues that the higher levels of use,

specifically of Instagram, would correlate with higher levels of social comparison and

depression. The information includes striking statistics on social media usage among adolescents

and goes on to give specifics on about the most popular platforms among adolescents. The

information in the source is valuable to the argument due to the resources that the author cites

and the study that was performed on adolescents with the consent of their parents. The content

will help substantiate the argument that too much social media is harmful to youth as they tend to

compare themselves against others they are seeing or interacting with online.