Social Media Mind Control – Say What?
As you sit there, slogging away at the social networks, has something titilated your brain? Have your senses been “tweaked” alerting you to some unseen element? You may be an unwitting victim of social media ruining your mind.
That’s right, you read correctly, recent studies may have revealed links tying social media to all manner of ills. Not only could your ability to multitask and your focus be adversely affected by your incessant networking, so might other cognitive functions. As the infographic from Assisted Living Today below shows, science may have once again found fodder for hazard warnings and labels, this time maybe on Facebook!
Infographic by Assisted Living Today – Assisted Living Facilities
Facebook, Twitter and now Google Plus, social media has supplanted blogging as the most popular outreach and expressive tool, at least for many. Social media participation, as the graphic tries to illustrate, may in fact dull the senses dramatically. But, is social media really running our minds? More data will be needed there, but until then perhaps your personal blog and an IM can be a preventative?
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You’ve got to be kidding me with this. There is no citation of scientific studies, nor is there any evidence that these effects are due to the tools we use (as opposed to say, maybe TV or something like that instead). Furthermore, why is a senior living center creating this graphic?
If this is really true the government will start banning the social media sites