Episode 89: What's Wrong with Social Media?
Mickey returns to join Alexa and Yoel in a discussion of the evils of social media (or lack thereof). The three cohosts dissect two articles - one by Haidt and another by Orben and Przybylski - in an effort to decide whether social media poses a serious threat to our well-being.
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Show Notes
Mickey returns with the hot takes you know and love. He joins Yoel and Alexa to discuss Jonathan Haidt's recent Atlantic article, "Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid." Haidt claims the answer is social media, but the cohosts aren't fully convinced. To shed a bit more light on the matter, they turn to an article by Amy Orben and Andrew Przybylski which provides a rigorous analysis of the relationship between social media use and well-being. In the end, Mickey admits to being a hypocrite, and Alexa makes a plug for Big Potato.
Links:
- Two Psychologists F. on Untappd
- Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - The Atlantic
- Orben & Przybylski (2019)
- Response from Twenge, Haidt, Joiner, & Campbell
- Response to the Response
- US TikTok User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China, Leaked Audio Shows
- The Welfare Effects of Social Media - American Economic Association
- Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media
- Corrupting The Youth: Teaching of Psychology | RSS.com