Episode description
All about the psychological stew among socialization, digitalization, and mental health...
- Social isolation trends, demographics, and causation
- Social media, social networking, and digital communications (virtual vs IRL)
- Countertrend solutions
- Policymakers
- Educators
- Employers
- Technological ethics
- The future of socialization
This podcast is Al-generated with NotebookLM, using the following sources, research, and analysis:
- Associations between social media use and loneliness in a cross-national population: Do motives for social media use matter? (Bonsaksen/et al, 2024.01)
- Debate: Is Social Media Bad for Kids’ Mental Health? (Open to Debate, Odgers/Murthy, 2023.07.28)
- Digital media use and mental health (Wikipedia, 2025.01.12)
- Does Social Media Create Isolation? (Regis College, 2023.05.03)
- Effectiveness of Technology Interventions in Addressing Social Isolation, Connectedness, and Loneliness in Older Adults: Systematic Umbrella Review (Balki/et al, 2022.10)
- Estimating the association between Facebook adoption and well-being in 72 countries (Vuorre/Przybylski, 2023.08)
- Exploring the impact of information and communication technologies on loneliness and social isolation in community-dwelling older adults: A scoping review of reviews (Gunnes/et al, 2024.03)
- Impact of digital social media on the perception of loneliness and social isolation in older adults (Kusumota/et al, 2022.05)
- In-person and virtual social interactions improve well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic (Liang/et Al, 2024.08)
- Persistent interaction patterns across social media platforms and over time (Avalle/et al, 2024.03)
- Social Media Use and Perceived Social Isolation Among Young Adults in the US (Primack/et al, 2017.07)
- Social isolation (Wikipedia, 2025.01.12)
- Social media and psychology (Wikipedia, 2025.01.12)
- Social networks and social isolation: A reason and its solution in one (Gil-Or/et Al, 2011.06)
- The Anti-social Century (The Atlantic, Derek Thompson, 2025.01.08)
- The relationship between social media usage and loneliness among younger and older adults: The moderating effect of shyness (Wang/et al, 2024.06)
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