Question

I need to write a research report on how social media can lower self-esteem? It cannot be a purely summative, narrative or descriptive essay, so what types of sources that I can write for? I am looking for ideas, sub-headings and evidence.

Answer 1

Social media have been used as a communication tool worldwide, but recently, with tha advancement in technology, it has become a way of reflecting personal life online.

-To investigate the different categories of social media user

-To explore how social media affects their self-esteem.

-To achieve the research objectives a multi-methods approach was employed.

-An intensive systematic literature review was carried out.

-A questionnaire was distributed amongst different social media users to elicit their opinions on how the use of social media has impacted their self-esteem.

The results reveal that there are seven categories of social media users, which are: creators, conversationalists, critics, collectors, joiners, spectators and inactive users. The self-esteem of all categories of social media users was high. For this reason it can be said that the use of social media has a positive effect on self-esteem.

The Social Technographical Ladder (Adopted from ,Li And Bernoff (2011 )

This research was based on the social technographical ladder which is highlighted in Table to measure the impact of social media usage on one’s self-esteem.

Self-esteem can be defined as positive self-evaluation or a broader concept of confidence. Positive self-evaluation indicates high self-esteem and negative self-evaluation indicates low self-esteem, this influencing the actions or the attitude of the person. Those who have high self-esteem follow goals actively and aggressively [Suzuki and Shunsuke, 2013].