Technology is changing how we talk to each other, with Jeff Hancock, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Zoom, Facebook, group text messages: This past year, technology has sometimes felt like the glue that’s kept many of our relationships alive. More and more, we talk to each other with technology in between us. Jeff Hancock, PhD, director of the Social Media Lab at Stanford University, discusses how this is affecting human communication, including whether people are more likely to lie online, whether the versions of ourselves that we present on social media are authentic, how artificial intelligence infiltrates our text messages, why video calls exhaust us more than in-person conversations, and more. Are you enjoying Speaking of Psychology? We’d love to know what you think of the podcast, what you would change about it, and what you’d like to hear more of. Please take our listener survey at www.apa.org/podcastsurvey. Links Jeff Hancock, PhD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.8	This past year, technology has been the glue that's kept many of our relationships alive.
0:32.7	Birthday parties and business meetings moved to Zoom, and we kept up with friends and acquaintances
0:37.1	who we could no longer see in person with Facebook updates, to Zoom, and we kept up with friends and acquaintances who we could
0:37.5	no longer see in person with Facebook updates, FaceTime, and group text messages.
0:43.3	Now, even as life begins to return to normal, technology-mediated communication is here to stay.
0:49.0	Although offices are starting to reopen, many workplaces plan to allow teleworking to continue, which will mean those
0:55.1	dreaded Zoom meetings are not going away.
0:58.2	But even before the pandemic, we were already relying heavily on social media to keep us connected.
1:04.1	Facebook alone has 2.8 billion monthly active users, and 85% of Americans now own a smartphone. More and more when we talk to each other,
1:13.0	we do it with some kind of technology between us. So what does this mean for human communication?
1:19.3	Is the version of ourselves that we present on social media authentic and truthful? Are people more
1:24.5	likely to lie online or in a text message than they are in-person?
1:28.3	To video calls exhaust us more than in-person conversations do?
1:32.3	And perhaps more broadly, is all of this technology-driven communication good for our mental health and well-being or not?
1:39.3	Welcome to Speaking of Psychology, the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association
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