social media

Social Media for modern lovers in the digital age.

Parasocial or Parasitic
What defines a parasocial relationship? “Wikipedia notes parasocial interaction (PSI) refers to a kind of psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their mediated encounters with performers in the mass media, particularly on television and on online platforms. Viewers or listeners come to consider media personalities as friends, despite having no or limited interactions with them. PSI is described as an illusionary experience, such that media audiences interact with personas (e.g., talk show hosts, celebrities, fictional characters, social media influencers) as if they are engaged in a reciprocal relationship with them. The term was coined by Donald Horton and Richard Wohl in 1956.”(1)
By Atomic Historian4 years ago in Humans
Has Online Shaming Become Out Of Control?
Online shaming is often described as a form of cyberbullying and has become more abundant than ever, in the past couple of years. As a society that relies so much on the internet, seeing online shaming has become a norm. There are many different ways that one can be shamed online. Common examples include shaming an individual for what they look like, who they love, what their gender identifies as, what their ethnicity is, and what their political views are. While in some cases online shaming can be okay, much of it is simply full of rude, and unnecessary remarks and opinions that would be better left unsaid. Because there is such a huge amount of these unnecessary cases of online shaming, it is most certainly justifiable to say that it is becoming out of control.
By Emily Clare Burgess4 years ago in Humans
The problem with promoting yourself: It feels weird and so think others, too.
Why is it that if you say nice things about somebody else it feels great but if you talk about yourself and what you are good at, it can feel a bit awkward or even wrong?
By Moritz Bauer4 years ago in Humans
Social Media Is Broken. Here Are All The Reasons Why.
A summit held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology brought together several experts to focus and discuss various solutions which range from the breakup of big companies and new oversight panels.
By Arbiter Writing4 years ago in Humans
How We Are Sacrificing Our Wellbeing Over the Expense of Technology
I was recently streaming episodes of the famous 1990’s sitcom Friends and found myself reminiscing about a time before the advent of smartphones and social media.
By B.R. Shenoy4 years ago in Humans
Are You A Digital Rubbernecker?
The term Rubbernecker is formally defined as “an overly inquisitive person.” They can also be described as nosy, meddlesome, and intrusive.
By Megan Bald4 years ago in Humans
America isn't Great
Why is America the greatest country in the world? Will McAvoy It's NOT the greatest country in the world. Fine. [to the liberal panelist] Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paychecks, but he [gesturing to the conservative panelist] gets to hit you with it anytime he wants. It doesn't cost money, it costs votes. It costs airtime and column inches. You know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fuckin' smart, how come they lose so GODDAM ALWAYS!
By Mae McCreery4 years ago in Humans
A Nasty Addiction to Going Viral
It is sadly true. I have become utterly and hopelessly addicted to going viral. It’s a nasty, nerdy little habit I picked up writing on Medium.
By Alexander Ziperovich4 years ago in Humans
How to grow my instagram account
How to Get More Followers on Instagram: Today Instagram has established himself as one of the most used social media and many people are using it to make a revenue with it, it can rise to 10.000$ per post or story it depends the category and the number of followers
By Christophe Ribos4 years ago in Humans
It's you; not me
In April 2020, I decided to join two social media sites and Match dating site because since we were in the middle of the pandemic, I thought that I needed to find some kind of social interaction since I felt that the world was ending (joking, but not really). So, I got an Instagram account and Reddit. At first, having these accounts felt empowering to talk to others around the world, share your interests and get a laugh or two. However, from the time I opened my social media accounts to now, December 2021, I have gone to feel like I am in a toxic relationship. Which means only one thing: it is time to break up.
By A.A.C.4 years ago in Humans
The disinhibition of Tiktok
The online disinhibition effect is a fascinating mentality for the masses known as internet trolls. Online disinhibition effect is “While online, some people self-disclose or act out more frequently or intensely than they would in person. This article explores six factors that interact with each other in creating this online disinhibition effect: dissociative anonymity, invisibility, a synchronicity, solipsistic introjection, dissociative imagination, and minimization of authority. Personality variables also will influence the extent of this disinhibition. Rather than thinking of disinhibition as the revealing of an underlying "true self," we can conceptualize it as a shift to a constellation within self-structure, involving clusters of affect and cognition that differ from the in-person constellation.” (Suler, The online disinhibition effect 2004). I have been subjected to the rhetoric of an unprovoked online disinhibition effect attack but I have never, nor will I ever succumb to it; I am rather fascinated by it. For example, recently, while browsing through TikTok a new genre/style of video was placed into my algorithm and the video showed a man wrapped around another man in a martial arts hold until the police arrived; the hashtags stated kidnapper, lol, comedy, crazy people, travel, New York, tried to kidnap a baby, world star and nyc travel. The video was posted to a channel that had a variety of clip videos of New York City and content from other creators; and as I browsed over the comment section of the video I read much of the arguments occurring online that did not supply additional information. This was not information I was seeking and I was curious about the video; I need to know more.
By Cadma4 years ago in Humans
Children with Type 2 Diabetes are at a higher risk of developing vision problems.
More young people are getting serious diabetes-related health complications, such as severe eye impairment. Over the last decade, diabetes has increased at an alarming rate among young individuals. According to a research published this year by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, type 1 diabetes diagnoses grew by 45 percent among Americans aged 19 and younger between 2001 and 2017, while type 2 diabetes cases increased by 95.3 percent.
By Lakna Senarathne4 years ago in Humans