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Facebook Makes Us Sadder And Less Satisfied, Study Finds
NPR: Facebook’s mission “to make the world more open and connected” is a familiar refrain among company leaders. But the latest research shows connecting 1.1 billion users around the world may come at a psychological
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Two-Faced Facebook: We Like It, but It Doesn’t Make Us Happy
TIME: The more we use Facebook, the worse we feel. That’s what social psychologists at the University of Michigan report after tracking how 82 young adults used their Facebook accounts over a two-week period. When
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Employers: Facebook Party Pics Don’t Always Reflect Employees’ Bad Judgment
TIME: A picture may be worth a thousand words, and party pics posted on Facebook speak volumes for employers sifting through job applicants, right? Maybe not. While recent concerns about employers plumbing social media for
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What Did Narcissus Say To Instagram? Selfie Time!
NPR: In these hyper-connected, over-shared times dwell two kinds of people: those preoccupied with taking and uploading photos of themselves and those who have never heard of the selfie. … But Pamela Rutledge doesn’t see
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Survey: Young people who use social media seek fame
USA Today: Tweens and young teens who use social media place a higher value on fame than kids who don’t use it or use it infrequently, according to a new survey of media use among
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The Internet ‘Narcissism Epidemic’
The Atlantic: We are in the midst of a “narcissism epidemic,” concluded psychologists Jean M. Twnege and W. Keith Campbell in their 2009 book. One study they describe showed that among a group of 37,000 college
