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Stress and social media fuel mental health crisis among girls

This article talks about the effects stress and social media have young teenagers which leads to mental health crisis.

• NHS data shows 68% rise in hospital admissions because of self-harm among girls under 17 in past decade
• Cases of self-poisoning among girls – ingesting pills, alcohol or other chemical substances – rose 50%, from 9,700 to 14,600 between 2005-06 and 2015-16. 
• Similarly, the number of girls treated in hospital after cutting themselves increased, from 600 to 2,400 over the same period, NHS Digital figures show.

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 How the changing media is changing terrorism hanging media is changing terrorism

This article talks about how the media is having an effect on terrorism. An example used is a 23 year old man who used his laptop to edit a 24 minute clip which included images from the GoPro camera that he had attached to his body armour before each of his killings. Merah had filmed his preparations, the murders themselves and his motorbike getaways. His first three victims were off-duty soldiers, two Muslims and a Catholic. Horrifically, some of the other victims where children.

The article goes on to talk about events such as the 911 and recent terrorist attacks and how Isis use this to their advantage to try and manipulate people.