Monday, February 10, 2014
A blog that I found related to my 20% project was titled, "Quitting Social Media". This teen written article authored by Jorge Cruz explains how quitting social media impacted his life. It also goes into detail on some of social media's negative attributes that effect teens across the country. For example its addictive nature, bullying, gossip, and ability for people to hide behind a screen while communicating with others. Cruz states that he has found that people who are always in front of computers are often likely to be more shy in person. They could be extremely expressive through social media, however face to face they're afraid to speak up. These findings support my original theory that social media actually makes college students "unsocial" rather than "social".
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I totally agree with your theory that social media makes college students more anti-social. This reminds me of an article i read a while ago how no one in this generation lives in the moment. The moment is always seized by one needing to take a video, photo, or snapchat etc. to document the moment as if to verify it for others. We don't enjoy the random and good times we have because we always feel the need to document it.
ReplyDelete1. I think your theory is something that you can easily find supporting data for and it is credible because there are so many cons to using technology and social media to justify the lack of face-to-face conversation and communications our generation uses.
2. I wish to read articles of writers who have theorized this same idea and have done research on it as well. I feel like these readings would be very interesting and beneficial to show that the theory is very much alive and creditable due to how many other people agree with the statement.
3.I would look at psych and communication websites such as psych scholars because I know they have a lot to say about how technology triggers an anti social personality and maybe can show other effects of this anti-social personality and how it effects the person in the long run psychologically.
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ReplyDeleteI like how you brought up the points about how people can hide behind their screens and pretend to be tough. I feel that a lot of arguments now are more passive-aggressive because of this. I also like how you brought up the point about people being a completely different person in reality compared to what they are on social media. I know people who are so outgoing on social media but will not speak one word in a public setting.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see the link to this article on this page so I could look through exactly what you are talking about. I would also like to see maybe another article agreeing with this side or one on the opposite end of the spectrum to see a different view on the situation. I think looking at more opinions can really shed some light on the topic.
I would focus on research articles for the next posting with actual statistics and data. There is bound to be some research on the topic, which would be interesting to see from a more psychological point of view. I found an article on the topic that might be something you could use: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2419419/All-lonely-Facebook-friends-Study-shows-social-media-makes-MORE-lonely-unhappy-LESS-sociable.html