VIDEO- SOCIAL MEDIA

1.   According to the narrator, 

• Media networks have been a means to reconnect with lost family members and locate organ donors.

• 1. Social media has amplified the aspects of human connection that trigger addictive behaviour.

• 1. Media platforms have not been a way to get in touch with family members or find organ donors. 

For the narrator,

• 1. The brain controls our thoughts but not our feelings, as the nervous system is in charge of that. 

• The brain controls memories and feelings and the nervous system controls our thoughts.

• 1. The brain controls everything we think and do by sending messages to the nervous system and then, this system communicates back with the brain. 

The narrator says that…..

• The brain’s reward system does not produce neurotransmitters like dopamine.

• The brain’s reward system produces dopamine. This creates feelings of satisfaction.

• 1. The brain’s reward system produces histamine. This drives motivation and pleasure.

The narrator mentions that…

• The mesolimbic dopamine pathway is associated with the amygdala but not the hippocampus.

• The mesolimbic dopamine pathway is connected to cerebellum and the hippocampus.

• 1. The mesolimbic dopamine pathway is linked to the hippocampus and the amygdala. 

For the narrator, 

• 1. Studies suggest that the use of social media can become highly addictive. 

• Studies show that the use of social media does not have an addictive nature.

• 1. Studies reveal that only for certain individuals, social media has become an addiction. 

According to Anna Lembke,

• AI algorithms only store the content we like and interact with.

• AI algorithms suggest content that may align with our preferences based on the content we interacted with before.

• AI algorithms do not take into account the content we like to suggest more content.

For Vivik H. Murphy, 

• 1. The use of social media is always harmful to children.

• There is not enough data to state that social media is safe for children.

• 1. There is abundant data to posit that media platforms are safe for children. 

Myers’ video is used as evidence…

•  in a legal case against all these companies: Tik Tok, Youtube,Meta and Snapchat.

• 1. in a legal case against Youtube and Snapchat only. 

• in a legal case against Instagram, Whatsapp and Tik Tok.