Critical Investigation: Does Social Media Cause Depression?
Topic: Does Social Media Cause Depression?
Submission should include the following sections:
– Title page
– Introduction
– Engagement with issue or problem using scholarly sources and the Intellectual Standards proposed by Paul and Elder (2012): What is the issue? Why is it significant? Why is this issue relevant to you (and/or your community)? What have you learned about the depth and breadth of the issue or problem from scholarly sources?
– Engagement with your own assumptions or thinking about the issue. What assumptions do you bring to this subject? What concepts are “at work” in your mind as you investigate this issue? Why is this subject of interest to you and how might this skew your investigations? These questions constitute some of the issues covered by Paul and Elder (2012) in their “elements of reason.”
– Engagement with scholarly sources: How do the scholarly sources aid you as you think about the issue fair-mindedly and with depth? What have you learned from the scholarly sources that have helped you analyze the issue?
– Conclusion: Reflect on your issue or problem and how the sources informed your thinking. What have you learned? How can you apply the intellectual standards and elements of reason to this issue or problem to come to creative solutions? What critical questions remain?
– References Page
* I have attached the Paul and Elder sources *
Details:
-You may write in the first person
– The paper should be 7-8 pages in length and formatted to APA standards
