Sources for Paper #3

http://www.wdish.com/health/10-good-and-bad-ways-social-media-affects-your-mental-health/good-you-can-connect%E2%80%A6-and 

In an interview with the website Dish.com, Dr. Cantor states "Another effect of constant connectivity is information overload."

http://sundial.csun.edu/2015/03/to-like-or-not-to-like-how-social-media-effects-self-esteem/ 

In his article on the website The Sundial, Jamie Perez explains that researchers have found that there is a direct correlation between the amount of time an individual spends on social media and the "more depressed" they become. He explains that we begin comparing our lives to the others' on social media, and we begin feeling as if we are not as good as them because our lives do not mirror their "perfect" lives that they are portraying.  

http://www.ditchthelabel.org/is-social-media-making-us-hate-ourselves/ 

According to Mara, age 24, " That’s a lot of people to be thinking about and comparing yourself to. Social media creates the fear of missing out when we always know what festival or holiday someone’s been on.". In this blog post, Mara tells us how social media affects our everyday life. 

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=RRUkLhyGZVgC&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA3.w.1.2.0 

According to David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect "[On February 4th ] What ensued was one of the most extraordinary examples of digitally fueled activism the world has ever seen."( 15 ). In his book, David Kirkpatrick explains how millions marched in protest, which began from a social media post, "about 10 million people marched against FARC in hundreds of cities in Colombia according to Colombian press estimates.( 15 )"

Work Cited Kaye, R. "10 Good and Bad Ways Social Media Affects your Mental Health." W Dish.  W Dish 2015. Web. Nov. 20 2015.Perez, Jamie. "To Like or Not to Like: How Social Media Affects Self Esteem." The Sundial.  The Sundial 2015. Web. Nov. 20 2015.Unknown, Mara. "Is Social Media Making us Hate Ourselves?" Ditch the Label. Ditch the Label 2015. Web. Nov. 20 2015.David Kirkpatrick "The Facebook Effect." Prologue. Print 2010. Nov 19, 2015.