The document discusses social media and its implications for mental health. It defines social media as being social and allowing for the creation of multi-directional relationships, as well as being media through which content is distributed electronically. It notes that with social media, people are no longer isolated, boundaries between public and private life have blurred, and things happen online 24/7. The document provides examples of social media tools and discusses how social media enables dialogue and information sharing. It also covers privacy concerns and properties of information flow on social networks like reciprocity, durability, traceability, and scalability.

1. A Primer on Social Media Mental Health Camp Vancouver ’09 Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega http://www.raulpacheco.org (research) http://hummingbird604.com (personal/social media) Image source: http://digiredo.files.wordpress.com/

4. Social network of the New Testament  http://www.esv.org/blog/2007/01/mapping-nt-social-networks/

6. Credit and source: http://www.fredcavazza.net/2008/06/09/social-media-landscape/

10. Privacy concerns? Not a problem! http://www.sophos.com/security/best-practice/facebook.html

11. Facebook

12. Why the properties of information flow in social networks matter Or, in other words, I’m going to go a little bit academic on you, if you don’t mind 