social media

Social media dramatically impacts our offline lives and mental well-being; examine its benefits, risks and controversies through scientific studies, real-life anecdotes and more.

TikTok
How could humanity have survived the pandemic without TikTok? How did humanity ever survive without TikTok? These are questions that perhaps nobody is asking. However, the successful App that people love to hate has taken the world by storm in a few short (but seemingly long due to aforementioned pandemic) years.
By Shaun4 years ago in Psyche
Finding Rest in Limitations for 2022
Life is made up of habits. One of the worst habits I’ve picked up is turning to social media as a coping mechanism for everything. Stressed? Watch some funny videos. Bored? Scroll through eye-catching pictures. Sad? Watch more funny videos. Happy? Turn to the screen to try and keep it going.
By Jemma Jae4 years ago in Psyche
Social Media or Look At Me-dia?
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, your online presence seldom has anything to do with who you are in real life. You’d think this is a simple concept to grasp. However, it seems that this particular issue of mistaken e-dentity is getting a little out of hand.
By The Rogue Scribe4 years ago in Psyche
5 Unfortunate Consequences of Social Networks
How long do you stay on social media? Until you make calculations, we will report on their dubious use. According to researchers at Baylor University (USA), the contemporary man spends about 9 hours a day with the phone in his hand. It is a colossal burden on the psyche and the body. Here are the consequences.
By Laurence Dunlap4 years ago in Psyche
A Proposed Connection Between Social Media and Narcissism
As a doctorate researcher in management, I am intrigued to learn more about the psychology of narcissistic CEO and leaders. While I was acquiring knowledge about the psychology of narcissism and narcissists, I came across a specific type of narcissist which is called a digital narcissist.
By Afshara4 years ago in Psyche
Why did Instagram started sending me mental health ads?
We’ve all had that moment. Having a conversation around our phones and suddenly there’s an ad for the thing we were just talking about. We’re told that there’s a logical explanation for it. Skimming through our phones, there were ads for Snickers, and that’s why we were talking about Snickers. You just realized it today. Don’t be paranoid!
By Blake A Swan4 years ago in Psyche
Lost media
I describe myself as someone who suffers from Automatonophobia "Automatonophobia can be loosely defined as the fear of wax figures, humanoid robots, audio-animatronics, or other figures designed to represent humans." - Lisa Fritscher freelance writer. Mine focuses more on anamatronics.
By Kyle Casey4 years ago in Psyche
The Evolution of Troll
What is a troll? Now, the answer to that question remained about the same for centuries, that was until the invention of the world wide web. According to Webster's a troll is a dwarf or giant going back to Scandanavian folklore, a way of fishing, to antagonize others online by deliberately posting inflammatory, irrelevant, or offensive comments or other disruptive content.
By Martin Ahrens4 years ago in Psyche
Bye gram
Goodbye Instagram. If you’d like to hear why I’m leaving this space, feel free to keep on reading. If not, I have lots of other messaging apps for keeping in touch. I’ll be deleting it in a few days.
By Wencer Spoods4 years ago in Psyche
Four Step Program for iPhone Addiction in Teens
Four Step Program for Iphone Addictions in Teens This program outlines how to change iPhone addiction in high school students using Hull's four-step theory. Hull theorized that learning a novel behaviour occurs through four different events; a drive or motivation, cues, response or behaviour, and reinforcement. This program changes iPhone addiction by targeting these four events. The program is designed specifically for high school students who are particularly vulnerable due to peer influence and emerging sense of personal identity. The program aims to help students learn the harms of iPhone addiction and feel confident in their decisions to restrict iPhone use for better mental health.
By Beth (Halo) Hanson4 years ago in Psyche
Can Social Media Posts be Used to Predict Depression?
Here’s a thought experiment: Imagine that the color blue was imperceptible to humans. What would we say instead of “I’m feeling blue”? Or if humans didn’t have words for different directions, would we have come up with the phrase “I’m feeling down”?
By Amy Hong4 years ago in Psyche
5 ways to get free from your epidemic screen addiction
Many Americans spend nearly half of their days looking at a screen even before the outbreak. In 2019, market research firm Nielsen discovered that the average American spent about 12 hours each day in front of their televisions, cellphones, and laptops.
By chamoo4 years ago in Psyche