what is Social Media doing to us?
Articles about social media platforms and their effects on society.
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what is Social Media doing to us?
so @julesterpak articulated this on her tiktok (linked below)
Social media's positivity/toxicity is inherently about user intent. There's a huge difference between:
a) posting to get a reaction
b) archiving a memory that you're comfortable sharing
b... See more
Nix štwitter.comI see two divergent media futures emergingāeach based on networks that serve very different groups.
In the first future, our networks serve the technologists who build them, the advertisers that pay for them, and the governments that control them. These networks compete for users in a war for attention by making systems that spit out superficially ... See more
In the first future, our networks serve the technologists who build them, the advertisers that pay for them, and the governments that control them. These networks compete for users in a war for attention by making systems that spit out superficially ... See more
Chris Best ā¢ The Two Futures of Media
āSocial media is free because you pay for it with your time.ā
simon ā¢ The Battle for Your Time: Exposing the Costs of Social Media | Dino Ambrosi | TEDxLagunaBlancaSchool
A 2021 study revealed that nearly two-thirds of people surveyed believed life was better before social-media platforms, and 42 percent of Gen Z respondents said they felt addicted to social media and couldnāt stop if they tried, even though ādepressed,ā āangry,ā and āaloneā were the most common words they associated with Facebook, while āmissing ou... See more
Alexander Beiner ā¢ Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
A Philosophy of Games That Is Really a Philosophy of Life
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In all the clamour over āthe virtualā and āthe digitalā, we tend to forget that social media is more about the social than the media - itās about people coming together and what people think about us and what we think of ourselves because of that.