E2 Is Social Media Really That Social?

We've all seen it or done it: you're at dinner and at some magic point in the night, everyone reaches for their phone and is quickly immersed in their own private world of cat videos, K-pop, art directed dinner or sport.

This week on Life Collective, we talk all things socially social on Life Collective with Karalee Evans, Doris Li and Natalie Arnell in conversation with Kristen Boschma. You can listen here:

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We hope you enjoyed the Podcast. Here are some links to some of the things Karalee, Doris and Natalie touched on this edition:

• Karalee mentioned Christopher J Ferguson and Danah Boyd who are quoted in this article published by the Pew Research Centre:
• Millennials will benefit and suffer due to their hyperconnected lives
• By Janna Anderson And Lee Rainie.
• In a survey conducted by the Pew Research Centre about the future of the internet, technology experts and stakeholders were fairly evenly split as to whether the younger generation’s always-on connection to people and information will turn out to be a net positive or a net negative by 2020.
• More about the Pew Research Centre: Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
• More about Christopher J Ferguson: Christopher J Ferguson is associate professor and department chair of psychology at Stetson University, Texas.
• More about danah boyd: dana boyd is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and the founder of Data & Society.
• Fake news in the news - how the mainstream media is reporting it, what Google and Facebook are doing about it:
• How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study - The New York Times - 20 November 2016
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• Reddit Is On A Mission To Dispute Fake News Fast Company - 14 March 2017
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• In Race Against Fake News, Google and Facebook Stroll to the Starting Line - The New York Times - 25 January 2017 
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• What is Google Assistant, how does it work, and which devices offer it? - Pocket Link - 17 May 2017
• Neighbours...not a fan? Here are some fast facts to catch you up:
• https://tenplay.com.au/channel-eleven/neighbours/photos/11-fast-facts-about-ramsay-st#1
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbours

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