Social Medias Intake

on Bullying, Depression,
and Suicide
NATALIE SUMIAN
ESSENCE NORWOOD
LAURA TOBAR
KIMBERLY DIGHERO

Group Thesis

Social media has been shown to negatively

impact individuals leading to bullying,
depression, and suicide which ultimately show
that social media does not address these
serious issues in a sincere manner.

Bullying

Unwanted aggressive
behavior

Direct and Indirect Bullying

Four types of bullying

Verbal

Physical

Relational

Damage to Property

Indirect Bullying

Media subliminally
advocates bullying

Reality TV shows

Hells Kitchen

Love and Hip Hop

South Beach Tow

Social Media

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

Statistics

Cyber Bullying

Brandon Turley

Cyberbullied in sixth grade

on MySpace by being
called a fag.

"Technology isn't necessarily

creating a whole new class
of bullies."

Blame the Parents

Rebecca Sedwick

Committed suicide Sept. 9,

2013

Bullied by two girls

The mom of one of the girls

was charged with two
counts of child abuse and
four counts of child neglect.

Power Dynamics

Bullies are stronger psychologically and enjoy high

social standing among classmates.

The ones being bullied are seen as vulnerable and

experience the most peer relationship problems.

Counterargument

The person being bullied

can log out of their
account

Blame the parents

Regulations against
bullying is not reinforced

Social Medias Negative Effect

on People Leading to
Depression

During the past 5 years the number

of children and adolescents using
Facebook, Twitter, blogs, gaming
sites, and other social media
websites have increased drastically.

22% of teenagers log onto their

favorite social media site more than
10 times a day.

Exposed to inappropriate content,

lack of understanding online
privacy issues, outside influences,
and possibly even peer pressure.

Run the risk of online harassment,

cyber bullying, sexting, Facebook
depression, etc can ultimately
lead to depression.

Positive Effect (Counter

Argument)

Makes connecting with others easy

such as friends and family.

Builds friendships.

Allows us to share views, news, and

ideas with each other.

Allows us to share views, news, and

ideas with each other

Teens on Social Media Can

Feel Depressed

Scared of feeling left out

and missing out.

Constantly worrying
about their appearance
and what others
perceive of them.

The 100 Club

Studies show the more

you check your social
media account the
more depressed you
actually are.

Image On How Social

Media Perceives Us to Be

Field For Hope Campaign

Raises awareness for

depression research and
education.

Plants sunflowers to bring

awareness and hope to end
and support all those living with
depression

Sunflowers because they are

yellow and yellow is the color
of joy, happiness, and hope.

Successfully has spread to

spreading awareness in the
United States, Ghana,
Germany, Mexico, Australia,
and many more countries.

Its Okay Campaign

Is a blog, and is on both

Twitter and Facebook.

Main purpose is to end the

stigma of depression mainly
within adolescents and to
show people its ok to talk
about depression.

The Campaign has been

shortlisted for the Mark
Hanson Mind media award,
The Christine Jackson Young
Person Award and won the
TalkTalk young digital hero
award 2012.

Work Cited: Laura

"About Social Networks and Blogs." BBC News. BBC,

06 July 2013. Web. 28 Oct. 2014.

"Changing the Stigma around Teenage Depression."

Its Ok Campaign. May Gabriel, n.d. Web. 31 Oct.
2014.

"Field for Hope - IFred." IFred. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct.

2014.

Lenhart, Amanda, Kristen Purcell, Aaron Smith, and

Kathryn Zickuhr. "Social Media & Mobile Internet Use
among Teens and Young Adults. Millennials." Social
Media & Mobile Internet Use among Teens and
Young Adults. Millennials. N.p., 3 Feb. 2010. Web. 29
Oct. 2014.

Work Cited: Laura Cont.

O'Keeffe, Gwenn S., and Kathleen Clarke-Pearson.

"The Impact of Social Media on Children,
Adolescents, and Families." The Impact of Social
Media on Children, Adolescents, and Families. N.p.,
28 Mar. 2011. Web. 30 Oct. 2014.

Wallace, Kelly. "Teen 'like' and 'FOMO' Anxiety."

CNN. Cable News Network, 16 Oct. 2014. Web. 30
Oct. 2014.

Wolbe, Susie. "Tools to Bring Social Media Under

Control." The Huffington Post.
TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2014.

Social Medias Intake on

Suicide: Older Generations

Very little efforts are made for

those suffering or
contemplating suicide

Most efforts are directed

toward the youth, however
people fail to realize the
older generations are just as
effected.

http://www.projectsemicolon
.com/

Who is falling through the

cracks?

Social Media & Celebrities

Celebrities committing
suicide

Attention given to celebrities

Raise awareness

Double standard

Celebrities such as Tony

Scott, LWren Scott, Robin
Williams

SUICIDE IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION

TO A TEMPORARY PROBLEM.
ROBIN WILLIAMS

http://youtu.be/gzR-xCHYN2I

Who is Falling Through the

Crack?

"When the public thinks about

suicide, they tend to see it as
something that typically affects
adolescents and people in later
life. But alarmingly, more middleaged Americans are dying by
suicide," Robert Gebbia said.

Boomer Generations higher than

any other group

Among these 60% of boomer

men are most likely to commit
suicide (American Foundation for
Suicide Prevention)

U.S. Center for Disease Control &

Prevention says suicide in people
aged 45-64 rose

Social Media & the Youth Role

Makes fun of older generations

Picks at their health, age, lack of technological

abilities etc.

Creates an isolation between generations

Ignores the health needs of older generation

which may lead to depression and suicide

Memes of Youth Roles on

Older Generations

Work Cited

"Economy, Social Isolation May Be Driving Up Suicide Rates

In Boomer Men." WVPE. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2014.
<http://wvpe.org/post/economy-social-isolation-may-bedriving-suicide-rates-boomer-men>.

N.p., n.d. Web.

<http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F05%2F03%2
Fhealth%2Fsuicide-rate-rises-sharply-in-us.html%3F_r%3D0>.

"Robin Williamss Death Shows the Power of Depression and

the Impulsiveness of Suicide." Washington Post. The
Washington Post, n.d. Web. 06 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-yourhealth/wp/2014/08/12/robin-williamss-death-shows-thepower-of-depression-and-the-impulsiveness-of-suicide/>.

Work Cited Cont.

"Search." American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.afsp.org/content/search?SearchText=boo
mer+generation>.

"Summit Medical Group - Celebrity Suicide Raises

Awareness About Depression." Summit Medical Group Celebrity Suicide Raises Awareness About Depression.
N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.summitmedicalgroup.com/article/Celebri
ty-Suicide-Raises-Depression-Awareness/>.

Fu, Kingwa, and Paul S F Yip. "Abstract." National

Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National
Library of Medicine, 26 Nov. 0005. Web. 08 Nov. 2014.
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC24657
33/>.

Social Medias Effect on

Mental Health Leading to
Suicide : Younger Generations

Ways in which social media

can have an effect:

Cyber bullying

Cyber harassment

Cyber stalking

Internet suicide pacts

Too many ways of

communicating can lead
to young adults with similar
feelings of suicide to meet,
leading to a higher suicide
rate.

Dunlops Study: Article

He did a recent study

examining the contagion
effects on suicidal behavior
via Internet/social media.

Total study: 719 people

79% said exposed through:

Family, Friends, &

Newspapers

59% said:

Internet sources

Extreme Communities

Steven Stacks Study:

Article

55 studies that were

nonfictional determined
that there was a 35.8 %
increase in suicides after
social media portrays it

Young adults having

suicidal thoughts saw
celebritys committing
suicide on television and
that caused them to
imitate their actions

Social medias image on

suicide kills ones mental
health.

Audrie Pott: CBS News

She was 15 years old and

took her life because of
leaked photos 3 boys
posted all over social
networks.

Why did the boys post it

online?

It Gets Better Campaign

The campaign was

started after a gay
teenager committed
suicide.

They wanted to show

that those feeling
vulnerable that life is
worth sticking around for.

Dont let social media

control your mental well
being Dan Savage

SAVE: (Suicide Awareness

Voices of Education)

This organization launched a

new teen suicide prevention
campaign.

The campaigns purpose is to

remind teens that there are
positive ways to get through
it.

Discourage social medias

negative impact on teens.

They decided to spread their

campaign through social
media, the right way.

Work Cited: Natalie

Lee, JeSuk, Weon-Young Lee, Jang-Sun Hwang, and

Steven John Stack. "To What Extent Does the
Reporting Behavior of the Media Regarding a
Celebrity Suicide Influence Subsequent Suicides in
South Korea?." Suicide & Life-threatening Behavior,
44.4 (2014): 457-472.

Am J Public Health. 2012 May; 102(Suppl 2): S195

S200. Published online 2012 May

http://www.mtv.com/news/1649114/dan-savageexplains-why-he-started-it-gets-better-project/

http://www.itgetsbetter.org/

Work Cited Cont.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/calif-teens-suicideis-the-latest-in-a-disturbing-trend/

https://www.save.org/index.cfm?&r=1&CFID=15196
485&CFTOKEN=fceb64a0711809b0-E6213F8F-C29E8C0B-07798C2EB9469E00

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