Southern New Hampshire University
PHL-111: Introduction to Critical Thinking
Week Four Discussion Post: Assess Your Final Project Article
For this discussion post, I have chosen the topic of social media: beneficial or harmful?
And the article is titled Social Media and Mental Health.
For initial post, respond to the following:
A. Using the material you provided in Milestone One, briefly analyze the article’s main
argument.
1. Identify the argument’s premises and conclusion.
2. Determine if the argument is deductive or inductive.
3. Assess the strength or validity of the argument.
4. Is the argument valuable or persuasive to you?
B. Explain whether the argument contains or avoids bias.
1. Provide specific examples to support your explanation.
2. What assumptions does the argument make?
3. Are these assumptions unwarranted or warranted?
C. Assess the credibility of the overall argument.
1. Were the sources the argument used credible?
2. Does the credibility support or undermine the article’s claims?
For the final project, I have chosen the topic Social Media: Beneficial or Harmful? The article I
will be referencing in this post is Social Media and Mental Health, by Lawrence Robinson and
