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What Science Says About Quitting Social Media

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I recently learned there’s a new trend on social media: monk mode. It means cutting out distractions and going into self-isolation to become more productive. It’s supposedly based on science and particularly concerned with avoiding social media, because that’s addictive. But can social media really be addictive? Does the monk mode work? And what’s the science behind it? In this video, we’ll sort it out.

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00:00 Intro
00:41 What Is Monk Mode?
03:18 What Is A Dopamine Addiction?
05:51 How Does Dopamine Work?
10:00 Can You Get Addicted to Social Media?
13:37 Summary
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Fake News, Echo Chambers & Polarization: How Bad Is Social Media?

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Does fake news spread better than true news? Do bots spread fake news? What can we do against fake news? Does social media increase political polarization? Is it true that we all live in political echo chambers? In this video, we look at what scientific studies have found and what we can learn from that.

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00:00 Intro
01:30 Fake News
09:38 Information Literature
10:16 Echo Chambers
13:15 Polarization
16:38 Summary
17:19 MEL Science: Experiments By Subscription

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15 Reasons Why People Are GIVING UP On Social Media

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Find out what makes people stop ‘keeping up with the Joneses’
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In this Alux.com video we will be answering the following questions:
What are 15 Ways Social Media Affects Our Mental Health?
What are 15 Ways Social Media Is Harming You
In what ways social media negatively affects your mental health?
What are 15 negative effects of social media
What are some negative effects of social media?
What are the negative effects of social media on society?
What are the social media negative effects
Why social media is bad for society?
What are the negative effects of social media on mental health?
Why celebs are quitting social media?
Is quitting social media possible?
Which celebrities quit social media?
Which celebrities are not on social media?
Why do celebrities use Twitter instead of Facebook?
Do celebrities actually use social media?
Do celebrities run their own Instagram accounts?
Why did I quit social media?
What happens when you quit social media?
Why should I quit social media?
Why should I quit Instagram?
Why is social media so hard to quit?

00:00 – Intro
00:39 – It’s an unrealistic expectation
01:20 – We’ve stopped caring what the Joneses ate for breakfast
02:12 – It’s a lot of bad news, all the time
02:50 – The hate is real
03:48 – Social media has lost its sense of humour
04:45 – Personal information security
05:08 – Dodgy Past Post history /reputational damage
05:56 – To take back their time
06:36 – Unsustainable Social Strain
07:23 – It’s just the end of the journey as we know it
08:15 – Tension between IRL and ORL, are we more connected or less.
09:02 – It makes us impatient IRL
09:35 – We crave substance compared to oversimplified information
10:08 – It’s too distracting
10:50 – They’ve identified the “echo chamber” and want out
11:46 – Question

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a deep and honest talk about social media

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let’s unpack social media, shall we?
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00:00 – intro
01:45 – member request 🐻
03:28 – the temptation to leave social media
05:00 – a trip down social media memory lane
07:34 – social media and our deep instinct to “belong”
09:55 – when it becomes your source of confidence
12:55 – own & respect the beast that is social media
15:20 – ad break
20:34 – healthy vs. unhealthy inspiration
23:34 – let’s get MAD real and emotional lol
25:40 – deleting past versions of yourself online
27:57 – ad break
29:25 – my experience with an ‘online breakdown’
32:20 – our global awakening & our ‘cringey’ past
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38:58 – my final thoughts

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I Took a Week Off Social Media to Reset My Brain and This Happened

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A month ago I deleted Twitter and Instagram off my phone for a whole week to see if it would change my relationship with social media 📴 How did I do? Have I had any ~revelations? Let’s discuss! 🌻 Have you ever taken a social media break? Let me know how it went in the comments!

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