“There's a reason that teenagers in particular are prone to the feverish pursuit of valuation via social media. Prinstein says it's because the wide variety of regions in the brain that seek and deliver social rewards, including the part of the striatum called the nucleus accumbens, become…”Tagged: Behind Social Media, The Digital Age, Self-Esteem and Social Media, Social Media, Social Media Generation
“Social media is like kerosene poured on the flame of social comparison, dramatically increasing the information about people that we're exposed to and forcing our minds to assess.”Tagged: Behind Social Media, The Digital Age, Self-Esteem and Social Media, Social Media, Social Media Generation