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What are the consequences of trying to fulfill human social needs through (social) media?
- What are our definitions of consequences and social media?
- How can we attribute the consequences of social media use to Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
- How does social media affect our most basic physiological need?
- How does it affect our safety?
- How does it affect our need of love and belonging?
- How does it affect our self-esteem?
- How does it affect the highest-level human need of self-actualization?
- How does social media affect our most basic physiological need?
Annotated Bibliographies:
Howard, Jacqueline. "This Is How The Internet Is Rewiring Your Brain." The Huffington Post.
TheHuffingtonPost.com, 30 Oct. 2013. Web. 04 Apr. 2016.
This article consisted of a collection of points about the use of the internet and social media and the impact that these sources had on the physiological part of the human body, especially the brain. This article uses information from a variety of doctors and other medical officials to support the claims that were made by the author. An example of a doctor that was referenced in this article was Doctor Anthony Wagner who is an associate professor at Stanford University. The majority of the article discusses effects such as memory loss, addiction, and psychological effects of the extensive use of the internet. For instance, the article discusses how a 2009 study from Stanford University suggested that the brains of people who are constantly on the internet and viewing several streams of electronic information, find it difficult to pay attention and switch from one job to another efficiently.
This article will be beneficial to our group because it will be a good source of the physiological effects of internet and social media use which part of the overarching theme of our presentation. This would work well with our presentation because as we are describing Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs and the effect of social media on them, the first stage of Maslow’s needs is the physiological need for fulfillment. This article would connect the brain and the changes that occur from extensive social media use.
"Experiential Learning Defined." Experiential Learning Defined. University of Texas. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.
Emily Roberts starts by explaining that time spent on social media affects an individual’s confidence whether aware or unware to the social media user. She describes her own story of pulling up social media to pass the time which lead to the comparison of yourself to others. The comparisons an individual creates on social media are the reason confidence level are lower.
Roberts reports statistics to prove her point. She describes The American Academy of Pediatrics research on Facebook and depression, “Facebook Depression.” People show clinical sign of depression after being on social media. The study suggests that social media is lower self esteem because of the comparisons people create by seeing others pictures. Roberts also, includes the factor of body image in regards to social media. The Center for Eating Disorders reported 51% of users ages 16-40 felt more self-conscious of their body after spending time on social media. Next, Roberts discussed on the overall happiness of people. A study from Humboldt University and Darmstadt Technical University reported that one third of people were unhappy after going on Facebook and had a feeling of envy after time on Facebook. She reminded the reader that it is not just Facebook, but all social media that affects confidence and self esteem.
Roberts concluded by leaving tips so that media won’t mess with an individual’s confidence. They go as follows: Don’t use phone when walking or eating, silence is an option, choose your friends, pause before you post, you if fear missing out log off and don’t check social media before bed.
Emily Roberts seems to be a credible source since she is the author of Express Yourself: A teen Girls Guide to Speaking Up and Being Who You Are. Her book is focused on the importance of confidence and high self esteem so the topic is important to her. Secondly, find her to credible since she is trained psychotherapists focusing on clients with confidence issues. She cited all of her sources in the article.
The article is useful for our presentation since it provides statistical evidence of social media’s consequences.
Castells, Manuel. "Twitter and Facebook Could Harm Moral Values, Scientists Warn." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 13 Apr. 2009. Web. 07 Apr. 2016.
This source was an investigative newspaper article that focused directly on what I wanted
information for: How social media (Facebook or Twitter) affects our morality as humans and
therefore affects our need for self-actualization. The article focused around a study performed by
a group of researchers and sociologists at the University of California. The group’s work was
later published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences Online Early Edition. The
main conclusion of the study was that Twitter and Facebook pose a threat to our morality and
values because they don’t allow enough time for our emotions of compassion and/or admiration.
It also showed us through brain imaging that the fast pace of today’s media could be making us indifferent to the human suffering we’re reading about. One of the researchers in the study stated how if things (on social media) are happening too quickly, one may not ever fully experience emotions about other people's psychological states and that would have implications for one’s morality. This article helped me answer my questions regarding the negative consequences of social media on our human need of self-actualization because self-actualization has to do with our cognitive skills, problem solving, creativity and morality and this study addresses the morality aspect. This gave me proof that the fast pace of social media may actually be lessening our morality as humans, which is both concerning to the human race and relevant to our forum topic.
Fleck, Jesse, and Leigh Johnson-Migalski. "The Impact Of Social Media On Personal And
Professional Lives: An Adlerian Perspective." Journal Of Individual Psychology 71.2
(2015): 135-142. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 7 Apr. 2016.
Jesse Fleck and Leigh Johnson-Migalski cover the basics of the impact of social media on human interaction skills in "The Impact of Social Media on Personal and Professional Lives: An Adlerian Perspective". Using Alfred Adler's theories of human communication and stressing motivation and intention, they both focus in on how social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, MySpace and YouTube(but not limited to these) can all drastically affect one's experience with human interaction both in and out of the workplace. People who study Adlerian theory replace 'positivity' and 'negativity' with social interest and a community feel. They believe that the world would function better if people were more aware of their connectedness to others.
In terms of the workplace, Fleck and Johnson-Migalski focus on a health care provider as an example. They identify that while there are some obvious detriments to the use of social media, it can also have some large benefits to the employers or business. These include an improvement in physician/client relationships, the collection of research participants and positive marketing strategies. It's negative effects include too much sharing of personal physician or client information, or the possibility of comments that can be perceived as inappropriate or unprofessional. These can have a major impact on a practitioner's reputation or physician's business.
The main focus of this article is to show how intentional human connectedness is the most successful form of human interaction, and that even though social media may have a helpful impact in some aspects of business, it's most helpful to be intentional and smart when it comes to social media. They also stress the Adlerian-encouraged theory of the importance of realizing the great impacts the social media spectrum has (both positive and negative) so that it can be used to its greatest potential.
Tsai, Chia-Wen, Pei-Di Shen, and Yi-Chun Chiang. "Meeting Ex-Partners On Facebook: Users'
Anxiety And Severity Of Depression." Behaviour & Information Technology 34.7
(2015): 668-677. Computer Source. Web. 4 Apr. 2016.
The main focus of this article is to show the results of a study where 202 Facebook users between the ages 16-65 years old were asked to participate in an online survey. The results of the survey showed examiners the user’s emotion and behavior (mainly anxiety and depression) when their ex-partners popped up on a social networking site. Some just saw a picture of their ex-partner while scrolling, some recieved a friend request, and others saw pictures of ex-partners with their current boyfriends or girlfriends. They found that people people who had these experiences on social media sites, especially those who received friend requests were more depressed than those who did not. Also the study showed that gender creates significant differences in severity of depression and anxiety. This source was from a library database and had PhD doctors documenting it.
This source will be useful in my forum presentation because it presents one of the negative sides to social media to human relationships. I know friends that have had their self esteem greatly influenced by constantly seeing pictures of their ex with someone else. I’m talking about Social Media’s effect on love and relationships so this document really supported what I had already previously experienced.