How To!: Break the Spell of Social Media

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🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

James is head over heels in love with his wife. But there’s one thing that keeps getting in between them … the glow of her smartphone. His wife is constantly scrolling social media or staging photo ops with James and their kids to create a picture perfect life online. On this episode of How To!, we bring on Dr. David Greenfield, the founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction, to help James understand why it’s so hard for his wife to log off. He has some fascinating advice for how to wean yourself off social media and reconnect IRL without creating a bigger rift in the relationship. If you liked this episode, check out “How To Put Down Your Phone.” Do you have a question with no easy answers? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.8	I think it's a reflex at this point.
0:02.8	You touch the phone, you check Facebook,
0:05.0	touch the phone, you check Instagram.
0:06.6	It's a constant thing.
0:07.7	And it's not anything nefarious either.
0:10.0	It's not like there's an old boyfriend out there.
0:13.2	It's just, I wanna see what other people are doing.
0:15.6	I'm like, who cares?
0:18.4	Welcome to How To.
0:19.8	I'm Amanda Ripley.
0:21.8	Today, we're gonna kick things off with a quick pop quiz.
0:25.0	First, are you listening to me right now
0:27.2	through your smartphone?
0:29.0	Cool, make sense.
0:30.8	And tell the truth, were you just scrolling through Twitter
0:34.4	or Instagram?
0:36.1	Do you find it hard to go even 10 minutes
0:38.8	without checking your email or a news feed?
0:42.2	What about when you see a beautiful sunset?
0:44.5	Do you ever struggle to just be present
0:47.3	without taking a picture
0:48.9	to tell everyone about it on social media?
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