Young People Social Media and Health

<p>The Open Access version of this book available at http: //www.tandfebooks.com/doi/view/10.4324/9781351026987 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license</p><p></p><p>The pervasiveness of social media in young people's lives is widely acknowledged yet there is little evidence-based understanding of the impacts of social media on young people's health and wellbeing.</p><p></p><p>Young People Social Media and Health draws on novel research to understand explain and illustrate young people's experiences of engagement with health-related social media; as well as the impacts they report on their health wellbeing and physical activity. Using empirical case studies digital representations and evidence from multi-sector and interdisciplinary stakeholders and academics this volume identifies the opportunities and risk-related impacts of social media. </p><p></p><p>Offering new theoretical insights and practical guidelines for educators practitioners parents/guardians and policy makers; <i>Young People Social Media and Health</i> will also appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Sociology of Sport Youth Sports Development Secondary Physical Education and Media Effects. </p>