The first task entails writing a clear and compact literary overview on: 1. The historical development of mass media.  2.The rise of social media and it's use. 3. How social media influences the decision-making of people  4. How social media influences decision making in adolescents The second task entails writing a hypothesis based on the following assumption.  * My hypothesis is that the opinion of adolescents is very susceptible to the influence of social media. * Furthermore. I suspect that women are more susceptible to this influence than men based on the following research (enter research)