Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media

Are smartphones giving you popcorn brain?

Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media
Social media may be trapping us in a cycle of loneliness, new study suggests
Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media
Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.
  • Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media

    Are smartphones giving you popcorn brain?

    “It’s because the content on these platforms is so addictive, and every like, comment, and share triggers dopamine release in the brain. This constant stimulation trains the brain to crave instant rewards. Hence, the slower tasks feel dull, leading to popcorn brain.”

  • Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media

    Social media may be trapping us in a cycle of loneliness, new study suggests

    “I think the major takeaway from our study should be that social media use is a poor substitute for person-to-person interaction. Our results suggest that no matter how one uses social media—actively or passively—such use leads to higher levels of loneliness." That’s what James A. Roberts, professor and researcher, Baylor University, told PsyPost.

  • Reclaiming Our (Real) Lives From Social Media

    Schools closed and went remote to fight COVID-19. The impacts linger 5 years later.

    “These are kids who spent most of their formative years – kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, when you’re supposed to be learning social skills – not learning them. They don’t have those social skills,” Wendy Gonzalez, an elementary school teacher in Richmond, CA. said that as a result of remote learning during the pandemic, many of her students didn’t “know how to talk to each other.”

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    Starbucks to Subsidize Workers’ Online Degrees

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  • Little Children and Already Acting Mean

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