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Do you mean a sample “Works Cited” list (bibliography) for a general research paper on social media, or do you want sources for a specific focus (mental health, misinformation, politics, platform governance, marketing, methods, etc.)? Also which citation style do you need (APA, MLA, Chicago)?

Below is a ready-to-use sample bibliography (APA 7) covering major topics and high-quality sources you can use or adapt. If you tell me your focus and style I can tailor it (or convert to MLA/Chicago) and create an annotated bibliography.

Sample works cited (APA 7)

Books
- Boyd, D. (2014). It’s complicated: The social lives of networked teens. Yale University Press.
- Gillespie, T. (2018). Custodians of the internet: Platforms, content moderation, and the hidden decisions that shape social media. Yale University Press.
- Noble, S. U. (2018). Algorithms of oppression: How search engines reinforce racism. NYU Press.
- Pariser, E. (2011). The filter bubble: What the Internet is hiding from you. Penguin Press.
- Tufekci, Z. (2017). Twitter and tear gas: The power and fragility of networked protest. Yale University Press.
- Turkle, S. (2011). Alone together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Basic Books.
- Vaidhyanathan, S. (2018). Anti‑social media: How Facebook disconnects us and undermines democracy. Oxford University Press.
- Van Dijck, J. (2013). The culture of connectivity: A critical history of social media. Oxford University Press.
- Salganik, M. J. (2017). Bit by bit: Social research in the digital age. Princeton University Press.
- Twenge, J. M. (2017). iGen: Why today’s super‑connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy—and completely unprepared for adulthood. Atria Books.

Key journal articles and studies
- Acquisti, A., Brandimarte, L., & Loewenstein, G. (2015). Privacy and human behavior in the age of information. Science, 347(6221), 509–514.
- Allcott, H., & Gentzkow, M. (2017). Social media and fake news in the 2016 election. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31(2), 211–236.
- Bakshy, E., Messing, S., & Adamic, L. A. (2015). Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook. Science, 348(6239), 1130–1132.
- Boyd, D., & Crawford, K. (2012). Critical questions for big data: Provocations for a cultural, technological, and scholarly phenomenon. Information, Communication & Society, 15(5), 662–679.
- Kramer, A. D. I., Guillory, J. E., & Hancock, J. T. (2014). Experimental evidence of massive‑scale emotional contagion through social networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(24), 8788–8790.
- Primack, B. A., Shensa, A., Sidani, J. E., Whaite, E. O., Lin, L.-y., Rosen, D., Colditz, J. B., Radovic, A., & Miller, E. (2017). Social media use and perceived social isolation among young adults in the U.S. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(1), 1–8.
- Vosoughi, S., Roy, D., & Aral, S. (2018). The spread of true and false news online. Science, 359(6380), 1146–1151.
- Twenge, J. M., Joiner, T. E., Rogers, M. L., & Martin, G. N. (2018). Increases in depressive symptoms, suicide‑related outcomes, and suicide rates among U.S. adolescents after 2010 and links to increased new media screen time. Clinical Psychological Science, 6(1), 3–17.
- Barberá, P. (2015). Birds of the same feather tweet together: Bayesian ideal point estimation using Twitter data. Political Analysis, 23(1), 76–91.

Reports, datasets, and practical resources
- Pew Research Center. (2021, April 7). Social media use in 2021. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2021/04/07/social-media-use-in-2021/
- Meta (Facebook). (most recent). Community Standards Enforcement Report. (See platform transparency & enforcement reports for up‑to‑date statistics and methodology.)
- Twitter / X API documentation; Facebook Graph API documentation; YouTube Data API documentation — use these for methods/data access in empirical projects.

How I can help next
- Narrow the topic (e.g., mental health, political polarization, misinformation, platform governance, advertising/influencer marketing, methodology).
- Convert the list to MLA or Chicago style.
- Produce an annotated bibliography (short summary + why each source is useful).
- Add more recent papers (I can search 2019–2025 material if you need very recent studies).

Which of those would you like me to do?