As previously said, there would be a TED talk featuring Nicholas Christakis, relating to the topic at hand, of how social media affects our health, namely the social, mental, and emotional aspects. We will also compare the statements made in the video to another video. I do not own any of these videos, and they are only being used to spread awareness and/or prompt debate upon the issue. The Ted Talk (Take note, some might take some of the information said here could be taken as an offensive statement, when it truth it was an actual study done by Christakis and his fellow colleagues...): ted/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks?language=en A study done by Christakis and fellow colleagues were able to find a result, to where: • If your friends on Facebook are clinically obese (BMI 30+) you have 45% higher chance of also becoming obese • Friend’s friends are obese: Risk of obesity 25% • Friend’s friend’s friends are obese: Risk of obesity is 10% • Only when its your friend’s friend’s friend’s friends, that the risk of obesity is now 0% • The 3 theories to this clustering being: Induction, homophily, confounding. • (Simplified and Analyzed) By these studies it’s said that these friends or groups on social media and in person don’t affect you, but rather the type of connection between the users. This could pertain to many subjects, such as personal interests, current life situations (positive or negative), becoming happy or depressed, etc. • The affects depend on the topics debated upon or discussed, which the user decides to take notice of, or participate in. • The amount of knowledge and information used and shared within these groups affects its users. Christakis uses an example where a flock of birds pool their wisdom to find an island in the middle of an ocean, a visual of two different orchestra groups. • Direct Quote: “I think we form social networks because the benefits of a connected life, outweigh the costs.” • Direct Quote: “... I think Social Media networks and fundamentally related to goodness” A small video clip of an interview done by the Huffington post: huffingtonpost/2014/06/19/social-media-makes-you-socially-awkward_n_5512749.html • This video source claims that social media makes its users more socially awkward, and a tad bit creepier • By the example given, it can be said that social media doesnt provide accurate information enough to be a truthful statement on ones issues. • Emotions can not be transferred easily through social media, through text chatting alone, which presents a new form of reality • One of the interviewees claims that people are decreasingly able to initiate conversations anymore. Her son was given a project on the question of if people could still develop social skills if fellow students wouldnt be able to interact and get to know each other. • Example: When two people bump into each other, the questions come up... • Do I apologize? • How do I apologize to this person? • Simple social skills are being lost in the newer generations, when using social media. • If in a bad mood, one might take a statement as something offensive when it truth its innocently stated comment. • Not being able to analyze if the person was trying to insult them or not, since emotion cant be easily conveyed through social media. Analysis: Both videos are on the same topic, but of different viewpoints. Christakis has a rather more neutrally positive output on the usage of social networks. He goes to point out that the users of social media create their own consequences, negative or positive in a sense willingly, as when he said, “I think we form social networks because the benefits of a connected life, outweigh the costs.” The 2nd video has a much more negative view on the usage of social media, stating that it degrades simple social skills such as apologizing when one bumps into another in a real life situation.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:48:18 +0000
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