My research question was, How does social media effects teen boys mentally? In this essay I wrote how the media should focus on the effects both teen boys and teen girls . I talked about how suicide rates are higher in boys by almost 5 times . Not only this like girls guys get body shamed and are expected to look a certain way and this could make them think about taking steroids or workout excessively at the gym . I also wrote about cyber bullying in which I used my friends story from and interview. I feel this added a personal touch in which the audience could connect. I also wrote about chatrooms which people can be radicalized and there isn’t that much regulation so people can do whatever they want. We see how shooters are glorified and stuff like that when this shouldn’t be happening .
I learned about the suicide rates in boys being higher. That shocked me because all i heard/saw was girls being affects by social media and never boys . I just never expected these results . The media doesn’t show the effects social media has on boys and as a society we feel they can not be affected by it.
