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Read one of the following papers (available in your Online Reading List):

Weinstein, E. (2018). The social media see-saw: Positive and negative influences on adolescents' affective well-being. New Media & Society, 20(10), 3597–3623.

Dhir, A., Yossatorn, Y., Kaur, P. & Chen, S. (2018). Online social media fatigue and psychological wellbeing—A study of compulsive use, fear of missing out, fatigue, anxiety and depression. International Journal of Information Management, 40, 141–152.

On the Discussion Board, write a short paragraph (150 words) evaluating the key points from the paper you read in terms of the impact that social media use might have on adolescents.