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Scrolling social meeja and loss of intelligence.

Professor Precise-a-bug

Do you get bored by scrolling social meeja websites?

I was listening to Radical on R4 with Amill Raja on Friday morning. His guest was exploring the notion that we are becoming less intelligent because of the impact of constant scrolling social meeja sites which are full of short looping video clips. I understand and agree with the argument, that people are loosing the ability to analyse and think critically because they are too distracted by what they see on their phones.

But it got me thinking. For myself I can’t stand things like that. I get bored with websites that scroll down all the time with video clip after video clip or stupid picture of s dog in a hat. It is just me, or is it because I am autistic? 

Separately..I am laying claim to a new word I. have invented… "meeja" as a more accurate description of social media as most of what I catch site of on TiikTok, Insta etc seems to be more about the person who posted it than the subject …. LOOK AT ME. LOOK AT ME.

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  • I don’t scroll through social media sites for the sake of alleviating boredom, but I do scroll with the intention of checking out new research in one of my areas of interest. I don't have access to academic libraries, only the free open resources, so social media can often alert me to something worth reading and analysing.

    I think that aimlessly flicking through magazines could lead to a similar loss of analytical brain function. 

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  • I don’t scroll through social media sites for the sake of alleviating boredom, but I do scroll with the intention of checking out new research in one of my areas of interest. I don't have access to academic libraries, only the free open resources, so social media can often alert me to something worth reading and analysing.

    I think that aimlessly flicking through magazines could lead to a similar loss of analytical brain function. 

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