growth of social media and the effect on our mental health

Digitalisation was supposed to herald a new age of democracy and freedom – so what happened?
Like previous technologies that went before it – the digital age has been subject to a wide range of positive and negative predictions.
So has the mass digitalisation of modern life over the past 20 years been a triumph of technology or a huge social failure? Or is it too early to say?
You have been tasked with investigating this notion for entry into a short collection of critical essays on the subject which aims to showcase the thoughts of the digitally native generation. .
You should choose an area of Media Futures that is of interest to you (and which is related to the central question) and then investigate it as thoroughly as you can using the tools available to you!
The topic for your essay will need to be agreed with your tutor, once agreed you will then produce an essay which:
Identifies and analyses the social, cultural and technological contexts and themes most relevant to your chosen area of research.
Demonstrate the ability to analyse, retrieve, generate and evaluate new and existing information in a range of academic and non-academic contexts.