Rangel, ElizabethShoot, Wendy2026-02-022026-02-022023-06-09https://hdl.handle.net/1773/54551Master of Education (MEd)This research explores the effects of social media use by adolescents. Five themes were identified: [1] social media and adolescent mental and physical well-being, [2] social media and adolescent problematic usage, [3] social media and adolescent academics, [4] social media and adolescent family connections, and [5] social media benefits for adolescents. The paper goes on to analyze how practices at the Middle School where I teach could be aligned with research and then questions implications for future research and transformed practice.adolescentsocial mediawell-beingThesis