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Taysha Woodard
February 17th, 2015
English IV
DeBock

Essential Question: How do the social media cause teens to develop eating disorders?
Working Thesis: Social media causes teens to develop eating disorders.
Refined Thesis: Social media causes teens to develop eating disorders such as Anorexia
Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Anorexia Athletica, and Orthorexia.
Annotated Bibliography
Ferguson, Christopher1, CJFerguson1111@aol.com, et al. "Concurrent And Prospective Analyses
Of Peer, Television And Social Media Influences On Body Dissatisfaction, Eating
Disorder Symptoms And Life Satisfaction In Adolescent Girls." Journal Of Youth &
Adolescence 43.1 (2014): 1-14. Education Full Text (H.W. Wilson). Web. 17 Feb. 2015.
This article is about the disease called Anorexia Nervosa. Anorexia is an eating disorder
characterized by an abnormally low body weight, and intense fear of gaining weight. People with
anorexia use extreme efforts to control their weight and shape, which often significantly
interferes with their health and life activities. When you have anorexia, you excessively limit
calories or use other methods to lose weight, such as excessive exercise, using many different
diet pills, or vomiting after eating.

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Kamierczak, Natalia, Rafa Patryn, and Antoni Niedzielski. "Influence Of Mass Media On
Emergence Of Eating Disorders Amongst Young People." Polish Journal Of Public
6363Health 123.4 (2013): 301-304. Academic Search Complete. Web. 19 Feb. 2015.
This article is about whether the differences in self-perception are influenced by mass
media and to what extent. Questionnaires were passed out in order to get more information from
varieties of different people. There was a group of one hundred respondents and majority of them
were significantly discontent with the look and shape of their body. Almost all of them thought
that they should lose weight. The way people look at their own body is determined by peers,
celebrities, and models found on social media.
Levine, Michael P., and Sarah K. Murnen. "Everybody knows that mass media are/are not [pick
one] a cause of eating disorders": A Critical Review of Evidence for A Causal Link
Between Media, Negative Body Image, and Disordered Eating in Females." Journal Of
Social & Clinical Psychology 28.1 (2009): 9-42. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20
Feb. 2015.
This article reviews research about how mass media could be a casual risk factor for
negative body image in teenagers. To clarify the negative effects certain criteria was applied. It
states that the way celebrities portray themselves are one of the major causes for teens
developing eating disorders. They set a high standard image that teens want. Teenagers are more
inclined to try to become just like a celebrity by taking the situation into their own hands,
developing eating disorders while doing this. This article relates to the research because it is
listing reasons for teenagers developing eating disorders.

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