“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 supercharg…”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.comTagged: 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.”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.comTagged: Behind Social Media, The Digital Age, Self-Esteem and Social Media, Social Media, Social Media Generation
“People are most likely to share peak experiences and flattering news about themselves—what University of Houston psychologist Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers calls "everyone else's highlights reel"—and tech companies, furthermore, use algorithms to prioritize that very information in social media feeds. The na…”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.comTagged: Behind Social Media, The Digital Age, Self-Esteem and Social Media, Social Media, Social Media Generation