Response 5

After searching I have found three different interesting pieces of research that can benefit my essay. My first piece of research is a book by JillSavege Scharff, on psychoanalysis relating to the online world. He discusses the effect of communications technology on mental health and the relationships between people. He does his research through calling people or having people do different things over the internet. Within this book he talks about all his findings and explains what it means. It can help my essay because mental health stems from different types mental functions and with this approach to trying to figure out the best way to help someone can unintentionally explain where the problem really starts from. It can also help me see how different people act and answer questions over the phone and online and see how our communications skills due to technology have changed. It will also show me the positive effects of technology and social platforms helping people who are suffering from mental health problems. My second piece of research is an article from the Wall Street Journal by Andrea Petersen, “College Students Flood Mental-Health Centers.” It discusses how all the different factors in life are affecting college student’s mental health. From economy and tuition cost, to social media and helicopter parents, students begin to start feeling pressure and it slowly ruins their mental health. This points to a serious issue that is one of the major arguments of my essay. This article describes the kind of problems college students walk in with, reflecting the damages and consequences associated with mental effects. Between talking about state laws and the way parents treat the new generation of kids, the article talks about all the negatives in this world and how everything is messing up the population. This article will help me because it brings in all the different elements and focuses on social media as a whole. It will provide me with the necessary evidence to correlate the negatives effects associated with social media. It gives information regarding stress factors, anxiety workshops, depression, and many other examples of both problems’ students have, and how they are dealing with it. The third article is also helpful in giving background information and supporting my argument. It discusses an analysis of different types of online internet users that are affected differently. It focuses mainly on the health – related user generated content that is more specifically affecting health conditions. Many studies and research analysis are used to back up this article’s conclusions regarding social media and different online platforms. Between these three different research pieces I can support my agreement and use their research to further my process into looking for more information.