College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2025-12-11 06:51:56
Major
Communication
Honors Course
Honors Project: Communication 501
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Winter 2025
Abstract
It is important to first understand how individuals use social media so that we can then understand how and why their use will change the individual impact social media will have. Some students experience a decline in their mental health when their social media use changes. There is an abundance of research on college students and social media, respectively, that also addresses gender as a variable. In this review, the research will be studied to further understand the voices of those who are not commonly included in research that operates under a gendered framework. Additionally, these ideas will be compared and analyzed with the research of previous scholars to gain a better understanding of the impact of social media. These findings will show that social media use is unique to every college student and that there is a link between gender and experience. By looking through a binary lens, there can be a better understanding of the students and their mental health, and the gendered structures that exist.
Research Sponsor
Rhiannon Kallis
First Reader
Kara Kvaran
Second Reader
Mary Triece
Honors Faculty Advisor
McKenna Vietmeier
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
MALLCHOK, PIPER, "Social Media Through a Binary Lens: The Impact on College Students & their Mental Health" (2025). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 2070.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/2070
Included in
Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Social Media Commons, Women's Studies Commons