Why Are We Like This? | How Social Media Ripped Apart a Generation

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This episode explores how social media has negatively impacted empathy and mental health in a generation.

» ColdFusion Book "New Thinking" | https://newthinkingbook.squarespace.com/about/ Sources: Studies on Social Media and Empathy: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/19832/ https://file.scirp.org/pdf/SN_2014042316520277.pdf https://www.storysquad.com.au/storytelling-blog/2017/6/14/empathy-is-in-crisis-and-storytelling-can-save-it http://blogs.rochester.edu/feelinggood1/2016/10/20/the-damage-social-media-does-on-empathy/ http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1088868310377395 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0956797613503854 Social Media and Neurological Disruption During Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QWoP6jJG3k Facebook and Depression: https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.10.751 Dopamine Addiction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7jar4KgKxs Former Facebook Exec. Talking at Sandford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMotykw0SIk&t=900s 44% deletion statistic: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/09/05/americans-are-changing-their-relationship-with-facebook/ //Soundtrack// Intro - Oren Lavie - locked in a room 1:04 Blue States - Alight Here. 2:32 Valotihkuu - Sleeping In Wildflower Meadow 3:22 Nanobyte – Honour 5:01 GALIMATIAS & SORROW –…

People in this episode

Host: Dagogo

Topics covered

• social media
• empathy
• neurological disruption
• mental health
• generation impact
• dopamine addiction

Keywords

• social media
• empathy crisis
• neurological effects
• Facebook
• depression
• dopamine addiction
• mental health
• youth impact

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Facebook, ColdFusion, Pew Research, Guilford Journals, City University London

Books & works: New Thinking

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