My research question for Unit 2 will be, Is tik-tok addictive to teens? How do social platforms like tik-Tok and Instagram affect teen-age brains?This topic interests me because as a young adult, I do find tiktok to be distracting and slowly turning addictive. Many friends of mine spend most of their time on tik tok then going out. I also see how tik tok influences people to buy things that are trending like clothing or toys. However social media also affects people’s mental health since they can find comments that can make them lose focus. Harmful comments on instagram can make people become depressed. Some points that I plan to explore and find out more about are what do parents or other adults think. What are the tests they have done on how teens are being affected? Have teenagers committed anything dangerous based on their addiction to social media? Have teenagers’ grades lowered or has their education slowly impacted the screen time they have in social media? What is the opinion of the teachers?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/upshot/social-media-teen-mental-health.html
Should your question focus on TikTOk and Instragram only? I think you should start more general using a RQ such as:
How does social media platforms affect the teen brain and teen mental health? Are tik-tok and Instagram addictive?
The source looks good!
I definitely find Tiktok to be addictive. Once I’m on it , I can lose track of time. I definitely would love to read what you may find on it. Social media in general is definitely something that should be monitored especially with teens because of cyber bullying. You can pretty much do anything and say anything online these days.
Your research question peaked my interest because I myself find Tiktok very addictive, I tell myself i’ll only spend 5 minutes on Tiktok and 5 minutes turns into a couple of hours very quickly. I have also noticed how influential Tiktok market is people can buy clothes, furniture, toys, shoes, etc. I would love to read your paper and have a few of my own questions answered, I would like to find out if any form of social media can compromise teens educations as well as if social media can influence teens to commit harmful or bad decisions.
I really like your research question and can’t wait to know more information about this topic especially that I’m always on TikTok so I find it addictive, every time I open the app I loose track of time and motivation to do anything else. So I do believe that it has an effect on our brains and the way we focus. I would love to read your paper when its done