apophenia: when research is de-contextualized
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- Oline73 on 2009-07-02 - Tags no_tag
- Kraefft on 2009-03-29 - Tags mko_artikelen
- Oripsolob on 2009-03-29 - Tags sociology , social , media , online , culture
- Melmcbride on 2009-03-15 - Tags socialmedia , apophenia
- Hrheingold on 2009-03-15 - Tags sociology , social_networks , attention , literacy , social_media
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The bigger issue is that performed network ties ("Friends") are NOT the same as the personal networks that sociologists and anthropologists have historically measured and theorized about. Comparing them is futile at best and dangerous at worst.
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And then there's the discussion of Lady Greenfield's claims that social network sites are "infantilising" the human mind. She made a speech to the House of Lords to encourage people to research her hypothesis. There is NO EVIDENCE to prove her claims.
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That said, I think that there's something to be said for how today's youth are thinking differently than their parent's generation. But I don't think that it's simply "caused" by new technologies. I think that we're living in a society that has different priorities and I think that multi-tasking is more deeply prioritized than sustained attention by professional circles today. I think that we are being trained to be "creative" thinkers rather than productive doers and I think that this means that we are encouraged to draw connections between new things. I think that we are living in an environment that is structurally divided and that sociality is increasingly mediated. But I don't think that the technology is to blame. I would argue that we're addicted to our friends, not the computer. When the computer lets us get access to our friends, we look like we're addicted to the computer. I think that a lot of the claims that are being made about the technology have more to do with systemic factors in today's lifestyle. And I think that we do ourselves a disservice when we focus on the technology instead of the larger systemic picture.
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I think that the fears of how the brain are being reworked are driven by a misunderstanding of youth engagement with social media.
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multi-tasking is more deeply prioritized than sustained attention by professional circles today
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I think that we are being trained to be "creative" thinkers rather than productive doers and I think that this means that we are encouraged to draw connections between new things.
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I would argue that we're addicted to our friends, not the computer.
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