On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 6:05 AM Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote:
> I can't begin to think about how tough it must be to be a young person in > today's world of social media. While bullying has always happened, at least > you could largely leave it behind at the school gates at the end of the > day. Today it's 24/7 with jokes and memes being shared, to which you may or > may not be privy. > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGA-3o9JLLBWi0U16s70NLzOPRfOGXTmY7pqYcUY1DqMiA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > In a podcast episode I listened to about internet addiction, the guest pointed out that if anyone over 40 (or maybe 50 at this point) was told by authority that they were completely banned from all social media apps and websites, we would be able to shrug it off and go back to how we dealt with the world before social media existed. If a 15 year old were to be similarly banned, they would experience acute isolation because that is the way their peers communicate with each other and share things. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiEyAXQR77U6mUPt7z6ZNV3cwsFqfnDZ7YJ6UByT2nWrYg%40mail.gmail.com.
