HE8.
2: Students will analyze the influence of family,
peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors
on health behaviors.
STEP 1: Read the following articles:
10 Negative Effects of Social Media That Can Harm Your Life
Be Smart about Social Media
STEP 2: Review the videos below to help support your
position. Click on the icons to begin.
STEP 3: Summarize Main points of article and videos
Pros of Social Media (helpful) Cons of Social Media (harmful)
Social Media can help promote yourself and also It can make people feel bad about themselves
help you connect with people that you would work and others might use social media as a way to
with bully and be rude.
Analyze- How can social media affect you? How can you manage it?
I don’t have any social media so this is not equivalent to me.
STEP 4: Respond to the following prompt:
Is social media is good/bad for one’s mental and emotional health?
-What factors influence your position?
- How can teens/adults practice healthy behaviors via social
media?
Construct two well-written paragraphs to answer the questions above. Use examples, evidence, and key terms to
support your position.
Social media is something that everyone should be able to enjoy. It is a place that you can self promote
and grow a business with. Social media can be a good or bad thing for a person’s mental health
dependent on how they plan on using it.If you are planning on using social media as a tool to grow a
business or connect with people that would benefit you or your company that is a good use of social
media that can have a positive effect on your mental and emotional health. On the flip side if you are using
social media as a place where you can hid behind a screen and use it for the bad such as bullying can
cause it to be a waste. Also, social media isn’t the best for teenagers because we are trying to figure out
what we want to be and who we are and a million other things, and if we look at our for you page on
instagram showing all of the model like girls we might become self conscious and never have peace with
ourselves bc in our eyes we will never be like them. Parents can help teens with social media by watching
the profile and set up a contract with boundaries that can keep the person safe but still have freedom on
their app. As a teen and/or an adult you can regulate how you spend your time on social media. You can
choose to promote yourself and/or company or you can waste your time scrolling through you for you
page when you could be out increasing your mental health status by exercising.
