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Something Was Wrong

Data Points: How Social Media Impacts Our Mental Health (featuring Dr. Corey Emanuel)

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

*Content warning: anxiety, depression, cyberbullying, cyberstalking, parasocial relationships, and mental illness.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry App or on Apple Podcast.

0:19.3

Hi friends, this is Dr. Corey Emanuel, media psychologists, mental health advocate, and founder of Men Talking Shift.

0:21.1

The Broken Cycle Media team is excited to offer a new series of educational episodes which we're calling data points.

0:27.0

These special episodes will include educational information, statistics, and support on different topics that are important to our community.

0:36.0

Thank you so much for listening.

0:39.1

As a media psychologist, I am frequently asked, how is social media use affecting our brains which is a valid question

0:46.4

research shows that social media has both positive and negative effects on psychological

0:52.0

social and physical well-being.

0:54.8

According to Smart Insights, more than 62.6% of the world now uses social media

1:01.0

with an average daily usage time of two hours and 20 minutes.

1:05.3

Given these insights in the continuous development of social media platforms,

1:09.6

examining their impact on brain structure and function remains a constant concern.

1:15.6

The rise of social media in the early 2000s marked a significant transformation in how we

1:20.2

interact, communicate, and share content online.

1:24.4

Early social networks like Six Degrees,

1:27.1

Friendster in MySpace, laid the groundwork

1:29.9

by introducing basic features such as Friends Lists and Personal Profiles.

1:35.0

However, it was the launch of Facebook in 2004 that truly revolutionized social networking.

1:42.0

Founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook integrated a wide range of features including status updates, photo sharing, and a news feed quickly becoming the dominant platform.

1:54.0

Since then, social media networking sites like YouTube, Twitter,

1:58.5

Instagram, and Tik-Tok have emerged, fundamentally transforming how we communicate, share information, and interact

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