Brainstorming

Negative:

Performative/ Expository 

General info. 

• Start out doc. in a positive light 
• Privacy issue 
• Lowers people self esteem ( constantly seeking approval ) and high anxiety
• Lack of sleep 
• Teens with low self esteem have higher tend to be depressed than adults 
•  A survey of 753 middle school and high school students, researchers found that people who spend more than two hours a day on social networking sites were more likely to report distress, poor mental health and even suicidal thoughts.
• 71% of teens have more than 1 social media account 
• 24% of teenagers are online constantly 
• The Top 3 social networks that are continuing to grow are: Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram 

Instagram- 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2376016/INSTAGRAM-depressing-social-network-smug-photos-post.html

• Most depressing social media 
• Makes young people feel unsatisfied and depressed with themselves
• Looking at other peoples photos showing how great their lives are
• Teenagers can sense pressure to stay active 
• Seeking approval from "selfies" posted measured by the number of likes and comments 

http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics-australia-april-2015/

• April 2015 statistics on Instagram by Australian users 5,000,000 monthly active users 
• Australian Instagrammers have increased to 5 million monthly users, it overtakes Tumblr to become the 4th most popular social network in Australia 
• Following the April 2015 statistic on Instagram users in Australia has continued to stay the same in the June 2015 statistics

Facebook- 

http://news.discovery.com/human/psychology/is-too-much-social-media-use-bad-for-teen-health-150910.htm

• New study from British Psychology Society found that being too invested in social media is affecting young teens mental health 

http://www.statista.com/statistics/241552/share-of-global-population-using-facebook-by-region/

• Statistics done in May 2014 records the highest Facebook usage around Latin America,  America, Asia and globally. 
• Worldwide : 38.6% , Asia Pacific: 23.1%

http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/social-media-statistics-australia-april-2015/

• Statistics done in April 2015 on Facebook users in Australia is 14,000,000
• Facebook remains the most used and largest network 
• Facebook Australian users are 14 million less than the average 1% of the worldwide population 
• Statistics done in June 2015 on Facebook users in Australia has stayed the same as the April statistic
• It has been recorded that in Australia 1.44 billion of their users came from Australia monthly active users 

Youtube- 

https://www.youtube.com/yt/press/statistics.html

• Has over 1 billion users 
• Mobile youtube has reached more people aged 18-49 year olds than the normal cable TV
• 80% of Youtube views come from outside of the United States 
• Half of the Youtube views come from mobile devices 
• Number of channels earning 6 figures per year on Youtube is up to 50%
• March 2015 creators in Youtube Space have produced over 10,000 which has generated over 1 million views & 70+ million hours of watch time