From How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco's Life

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Ronson, Jon. “From ‘How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco's Life.’” Arguing about Literature, 2nd ed., John Schilb, pp. 81–85.

Jon Ronson spends time and interviews people who have gone through internet shaming. More specifically, he focuses this passage on Justine Sacco, who tweeted a controversial message. Sacco was then targeted for her misunderstanding of a tweet, and her whole life then flipped upside down. Ronson explains how her reputation, her job, her family, and also her dignity was taken away from her due to one innocent post.

With this short story, I will be able to provide the examples …show more content…

“Recline, Dont ‘Lean In.’” Arguing about Literature, 2nd ed., John Schilb, pp. 416–419.

This story written by Rosa Brooks describes her issues with Sheryl Sandberg. Brook describes throughout her story that by leaning in too much can cause a person to easily burnout. By “leaning in,” all of your time will be sucked up and can destroy all parts of your life. Brooks gives another example of doing life, which is “reclining.” She believes that taking time out of your life by not working and actually enjoying a peaceful life, is more significant than doing everything all at once and burning out easily.

This can give another side or perspective of the topic I chose. I will be able to explain how Sheryl proposes to go at everything with full force, even if you burn out quickly. By having these statements online will cause women to lose focus on the simple things in life and not be able to actually enjoy peaceful and quiet moments to themself. I can also relate this by showing how Brooks is contradicting to her statements so this gives women two different opposing …show more content…

“How Using Social Media Affects Teenagers.” Child Mind Institute, Child Mind Institute, 30 Mar. 2018, childmind.org/article/how-using-social-media-affects-teenagers/amp/.

This website explains how many adults are worrying about the effects that technology/social media has on the lives of a great percentage of teenagers. This website explains the major themes of indirect communication, cyberbullying and stalking. The major point this website is trying to get across is how social media and texting have become so prominent in the lives of teenagers that it has caused anxiety and major depression in some people. The website also gives many tips that parents can do to lower the amount of social media is used.

I will be able to use this in my final research paper by providing facts of the effects of social media on teenagers. In this website, it gives multiple examples of what can happen online to anyone. By using this article, I will be able to prove how much social media can hurt a person's life and the consequences that can happen if used incorrectly.

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Hurlsey, Katie. “Social Media and Teens: How Does Social Media Affect Mental Health?”PsyCom.net - Mental Health Treatment Resource Since 1986, 2018,

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