The Effects of Social Media on the Brain and Behavior

Discussing the effects of social media on the mind and subsequent behavior. Discussed in this episode: How the environment modulates the brain, Harvard Research on self-disclosure on social networking sites, unattainable beauty standards and their potential effects on young women, possible benefits of social media, tactics used to make social media addictive, operant conditioning and its reinforcement schedules, the anxiety-inducing effects of social media, cancel culture, and the Cambridge Analytica Scandal.

 

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