Think before you like : social media's effect on the brain and the tools you need to navigate your newsfeed / Guy P. Harrison.
By: Harrison, Guy P [author.].
Publisher: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, ©2017Description: 380 pages ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781633883512.Subject(s): Social media -- Psychological aspects | Brain -- Psychology | Online social networks | Critical thinkingGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HM742 .H378 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000012011 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-360) and index.
Wild and wired: navigating the new cultures of connectivity -- Welcome to your very own customized, biased bubble of psychological reinforcement, manipulation, and lies -- Social media addiction: harm or hype? -- What your other mind does on social media -- The quest for privacy, security, and the perfect password -- What's next?
Guy P. Harrison demonstrates how critical thinking can enhance the benefits of social media while giving users the skills to guard against its dangers. Social media has more than two billion users and continues to grow. Its widespread appeal as a means of staying in touch with friends and keeping up with daily news masks some serious pitfalls -- misinformation, pseudoscience, fraud, propaganda, and irrational beliefs, for example, presented in an attractive, easy-to-share form. This book will teach you how to resist the psychological and behavioral manipulation of social media and avoid the mistakes that millions have already made and now regret. -- From product description.