Digital Society - Less is More with Social Media - Is Social Media a Contributing Factor in the Rise of Mental Health Issues Amongst iGen Males?

Male suicide and mental health issue rates are rising which has come to define the generation born after 1995; iGen (internet generation). Social media use and mental health issues are the two main factors that differentiate this generation to previous ones. How do young males today use social media?

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Digital Society - How Are Humanitarian "Emergencies" Constructed in and Through the Mainstream Media?

“Gripping still and video images; manageable access; breaking new chronic events; innocents, preferably children, who need to be rescued; substantial property destroyed; key security interests at stake; violence, scandal or corruption; even gee-whiz stories: These are the elements that command media coverage of disasters and crises, but there is no spreadsheet that can calculate the degree of the media to a story, even when these elements are present” (Moeller, 2016, p 184).

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