For this blog I will choose three phrases from my chosen article, (Trying to Find a Cry of Desparation Amid the Facebook Drama) and define them.

First Sentence:For adolescents, Facebook and other social media have created an irresistible forum for online sharing and oversharing, so much so that endless mood-of-the-moment updates have inspired a snickering retort on T-shirts and posters: “Face your problems, don’t Facebook them.”

It is so easy for adolescents nowadays to write exactly what they are thinking and posting on social media, where only their friends and family will see it. It has become very comvenient for adolocents to write exactly what they are thinking on Facebook as if it's their very own diary and sent it off to their Facebook world to read. In fact, it has become so easy that they practically do it all the time, some people will even post an udate of their life every 5 minutes.

Phrase 2: And parents have their own conundrum: how to distinguish a teenager’s typically melodramatic mutterings — like the “worst day of my life” rants about their “frenemies,” academics or even cafeteria food — from a true emerging crisis.

Parents who read these posts feel confused as to what exactly they should do about these posts. Some of the posts are just "children" venting but when does a parent get involved? We all know kids can be dramatic at times but how do parents know when the message is truly more than just venting?

Phrase 3:“If they say something alarming on Facebook,” she added, “they know it’s public and they want someone to respond.”

One student who befriended an entire floor of her peers constantly noticed messages of concerns of others being homesic, or having relationship issues. She states that if they are posting something negative on FB for the world to see it's because these people are looking for some type of response whether it's just acknowledgment, advice or a helping hand. Once a message is out there, people should not pretend they didn't see it, especially if the person is someone close to them.