Suicide is one of the top leading cause of death amongst young people. Since the upsurge of social media and internet access, suicide rates have increased drastically. It can be argued that the internet contributes to the hike in suicidal rates. Although the internet has effective preventative methods for suicidal individuals, it advocates and normalizes self-harm and suicide amongst young people. The internet should not withhold positive and negative suicide information; however, it should place restrictions on who can access this sensitive information. Suicide is an intentional behavior to harm or end ones’ own life. College students most commonly use alcohol and drugs as a way of “fitting in” or dealing with the pressure of being …show more content…
can lead to suicidal thoughts, however those are not the only factors that contributes to self-harm behaviors. Society tend to think that the only way the internet can influence suicide is through online bullying, but the internet plays a much bigger role than that. The internet and its medias normalizes and influence suicidal behavior. The article, Societal Media and Suicide, talks about a web search that was conducted using the term suicide and terms associated with self-harm. The results were breathtaking. Out of the total 240 different sites that popped up, half were prosuicide websites. This suggests that the internet makes this toxic information easy to obtain. That would mean that the information is easily accessible to young troubled children that are probably struggling with their emotions. A study reported that 59 percent of individuals ages 14 to 24 found suicide related content through the internet (Luxton, June, Fairall 196). One would think that this shared information cannot get any worse, but it has and there are more than articles available with ways on how to take ones’ own life. Trending videos and live broadcasting are displaying individuals taking their own lives or bringing pain onto themselves. Vulnerable young children are watching and influenced by these un-restricted harmful videos. During another search, researchers were analyzing how accessible self-injury videos were on YouTube. The results proved that the top videos on how to harm oneself had millions of viewers but with no age restrictions. And of these videos seven were pro-self-injury visuals. The internet poses a risk to unstable vulnerable suicidal individuals via articles, and
Studies also found that 6.4% had intentionally cut bruised or harmed themselves and that 8.1% had though about suicide and 1.3% had actually attempted suicide. This evidence shows that social media is bad for teens and preteens. If social media got banned then there would not be any sort of problem like this.
The article “Girl’s Suicide Points to Raise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies” by Lizette Alvarez
There have been many instances of suicide that have occurred in the past years at universities across the country, and since it is such a sensitive subject, there have not been nearly enough coverage as this topic deserves, considering this issue does not seem to be going away. When collecting data about suicide statistics, the age range is broken down as people ages 15-24, which spans most developmental years. Within this bracket are college-age students and this age-group has by far the most troubling statistics around it.
The survey found gender and parents' education level did not seem to provoke suicidal tendencies, but other demographic factors. These other such factors included age, class standing, race/ethnicity, living arrangement, and fraternity/sorority membership. The questionnaire indicated that freshmen and sophomores were more likely to consider suicide than upper-classmen; students of ethnic/racial backgrounds other than White, Black or Hispanic were more likely to have considered suicide; students who lived alone, with friends/roommates, or parents/guardians were more likely than those who lived with a partner or spouse; students who were members of a fraternity/sorority were less likely to have considered suicide. The components of tobacco, alcohol, and illegal substance use were then configured into the results.
Almost every day we hear about someone attempting or committing suicide. Whether it is on the internet, television, newspaper, or even by word, suicide is a harsh reality that is overlooked and undermined. According to one online article, “Teen Suicide Statistics,”
Why suicide? Why is it becoming a more common escape method from the academic, financial, and transitional burdens put on college students? Depression and suicides among college students make more headlines than the more familiar problems of drinking and vandalism that occur on campus. Suicides are a dramatic way to relieve stress or depression. Although suicides are fairly rare, they still account for the third leading cause of deaths of individuals raging from 15-24 years of age (Suicide Rates and the Troubling Economy.) There are many reasons why these mental health problems are on the rise and why they will continue to occur (Depression, Suicide Rising among College Students.)
Suicide is arguably one of the most major controversies. Suicide is the act of taking one’s own life as a result of a psychiatric disorder that sometimes is brought on with certain life threatening illnesses, stress, genetics, or other influences like physical or emotional abuse. There are many conditions that are known for having suicidal thoughts and ideation as a side effect; major depression, manic depression, or bipolar disorder, anxiety, borderline personality disorder, and many more. Most suicidal individuals want to avoid emotional or physical pain by killing themselves to escape the pain they can’t bear and solve their insoluble problem. Sometimes, suicide is also done out of anger. Suicide may not be the answer to their problems, but sometimes suicide is the only way to escape.
Approximately, five teenagers attempted suicide each day (Haesler 2010 para. 1). The fact makes some group of people (especially the ones who are part of the society) concerned. Somehow, youth suicide will result in an unintentional sign for help (Carr-Gregg 2003, para. 1). Communities related to the victims will be affected mentally and they will feel grief, pain, and loss that are so great that it overcomes the economic ...
These changes individuals of all ages but the ones that are more involve are the ones that feel the most stress if they cannot keep up. Individuals with the most exposure to media especially in reference to suicide lead to an increase in suicide rates (Mueller & Abrutyn, 2015). An example of media influence is presenting suicide cases of celebrities specially individuals that have a prolong exposure to the public (Abrutyn & Mueller, 2014). Also social network have taken the internet like a storm making it one of the most useful tools especially in young generations. While using social media individuals are expose to others ideas, emotions and opinions that could encourage them to adopt suicidal
The risk of social anxiety is higher among teens and women because of the constant competition based off of appearance and material objects. Due to the high expectation on girls in terms of appearance and weight, mental health issues such as anxiety have a significant impact on them. Leading in some cases to unfortunate tragic endings. There have been more then 30,000 suicide death in the united states , that are linked to the internet, more specifically social media.
Dokoupil, Tony. A. The "Suicide Epidemic" Newsweek Global 161.19 (2013): 1 Business Source Premier. EBSCO. Web.
From "thintastic" blogs to suicide stories, social media has become not only a source of conversation but a gateway to harmful suggestions that many teenagers see and believe to be allowable, when in fact the situations proposed are dangerous to those who attempt them. Statistics show that 20% of anorexic teenagers will die prematurely, and 80% of teenagers who commit suicide are depressed (South). Social media has glorified and brought to attention eating disorders, depression, and suicide among teens that might otherwise not become a statistic in these critical categories.
Now the eighth-leading cause of death overall in the U.S. and the third-leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years, suicide has become the subject of much recent focus. U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, for instance, recently announced his Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, 1999, an initiative intended to increase public awareness, promote intervention strategies, and enhance research. The media, too, has been paying very close attention to the subject of suicide, writing articles and books and running news stories. Suicide among our nation’s youth, a population very vulnerable to self-destructive emotions, has perhaps received the most discussion of late. Maybe this is because teenage suicide seems the most tragic—lives lost before they’ve even started. Yet, while all of this recent focus is good, it’s only the beginning. We cannot continue to lose so many lives unnecessarily.
So what is suicide? Suicide is where someone takes their own life intentionally. Every year more than 30,000 people in America of all races, cultures, and ages take their life. Among young people, more than 5,000 people kill themselves a year. (Kuehn, 6). The most common methods for committing suicide are: firearms, hanging, and drug overdose. (“Understanding Suicide And Self Harm”). Often suicide acts are under the influence of drugs and/ or alcohol, therefore affecting ones thoughts and actions.
The first and outmost question that comes in my mind is why do college students commit suicide? Why would the quiet, shy chemistry major student sitting next to you in the library jump from his 14th floor dorm? Why would a talented athlete on the basketball team use a gun to kill herself? The causes for committing suicide can range from depression, family and relationship problems, expectations, pressure to succeed and