Differently-abled people and social media identities
Online platforms are crucial spaces for differently-abled and neuro-divergent people because online everyone is equal - everyone is 'normal'.
building a media empire for disabled teens reports on an interview with Emily Flores who created Cripple Media to give disabled Gen Z a voice. this doesn't just mean they tell non-disabled people about their experiences, but they become content creators on an equal platform with the world that is usually treating them as 'objects' (eg when caring for them) rather than 'subject's'. There is also a growing number of podcasts designed to give differently-abled people a media voice.
For people with social anxiety or people who have difficulty reading social cues (eg people on the Autism spectrum), social media can be a wonderful way to communicate and develop friendships and social skills. It lets them take their time and think about what they want to say. It also takes away the need to read another person’s non-verbal communication.
building a media empire for disabled teens reports on an interview with Emily Flores who created Cripple Media to give disabled Gen Z a voice. this doesn't just mean they tell non-disabled people about their experiences, but they become content creators on an equal platform with the world that is usually treating them as 'objects' (eg when caring for them) rather than 'subject's'. There is also a growing number of podcasts designed to give differently-abled people a media voice.
For people with social anxiety or people who have difficulty reading social cues (eg people on the Autism spectrum), social media can be a wonderful way to communicate and develop friendships and social skills. It lets them take their time and think about what they want to say. It also takes away the need to read another person’s non-verbal communication.
- The study Social Media Use, Friendship Quality, and the Moderating Role of Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder finds that social media helps autistic teens develop and maintain friendships. You can read an interview with the researcher at Social Media can provide connections.
Impact of Technology on Identity
Prezi on Violence in Children's Cartoons [https://prezi.com/tggwf2qhquik/the-psychological-impact-of-cartoons-on-children/]
Effects of Television and Multimedia on Children in Families in Victoria [http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/fcdc/inquiries/54th/FCDC_TVMM_Final_Report.pdf] Includes chapter on violence
A more indepth look at hte implications of violence in media http://cdmc.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/children_and_adolescents_exposure.pdf
Negative effects of violence in movies [http://www.winmentalhealth.com/childrens_movies_media_effects.php] (very hippy bias)
Emapthy is not always positive - effects of empathising with villains in video games https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/fb1/prof/PSY/WIP/Happ_Cyberpsychology_2013.pdf
Vader, Voldemort and Other Villains: Essays on Evil in Popular Media edited by Jamey Heit
[Video Games don't impact negatively on children http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2014/08/27/a-surprising-new-study-on-how-video-games-impact-children/]
Social Media and Identity formation
The Exploration of Young Audiences and Identity Development Through Social Media Platforms explores the relationship be tween teen use of social media and teens understanding and value of fame or celebrity. It uses this information to assert that social media helps teens develop confidence creativity and self-esteem by giving them a platform for self-expression.
Older Adolscencets' Motovations for Scoial Network Site Use: the influence of Gender, group identity and collective self esteem
Older Adolscencets' Motovations for Scoial Network Site Use: the influence of Gender, group identity and collective self esteem
Refusing social media
Racism, Hate Speech, and Social Media: A Systematic Review and Critique https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1527476420982230
‘#OkBoomer, time to meet the Zoomers’: studying the memefication of intergenerational politics on TikTok
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1961007
‘#OkBoomer, time to meet the Zoomers’: studying the memefication of intergenerational politics on TikTok
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1961007