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Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire recently reached 600 million users - about 10% of the world's population - and it doesn't show any signs of slowing. But for those who have grown up with Facebook as an important medium of communication, young adulthood offers a chance to reflect and consider how our use of Facebook has affected us. Jan-Erik Asplund talked to Alexander Jordan, a former Stanford doctoral student who led a 2009 study into how our perceptions of others' emotional states are often mistaken, and how our misunderstandings can make us feel lonelier and more isolated. Jordan's research was fittingly inspired by his observation of social media interactions. In this piece, Jan-Erik considers Jordan's research and offers his own perspective on the emotional landscape of Facebook and how it has evolved since it first opened in the mid-2000's. Includes music beds in and out.
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Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire recently reached 600 million users - about 10% of the world's population - and it doesn't show any signs of slowing. But for those who have grown up with Facebook as an important medium of communication, young adulthood offers a chance to reflect and consider how our use of Facebook has affected us. Jan-Erik Asplund talked to Alexander Jordan, a former Stanford doctoral student who led a 2009 study into how our perceptions of others' emotional states are often mistaken, and how our misunderstandings can make us feel lonelier and more isolated. Jordan's research was fittingly inspired by his observation of social media interactions. In this piece, Jan-Erik considers Jordan's research and offers his own perspective on the emotional landscape of Facebook and how it has evolved since it first opened in the mid-2000's. Includes music beds in and out.
Broadcast History
Originally aired as host-introduced sound piece on Word of Mouth on New Hampshire Public Radio
Timing and Cues
5 sec mux IC: "I'm in the middle..."
OC: "For Word of Mouth, this is Jan-Erik Asplund" + 19 sex MUX
Intro and Outro
INTRO:The social network Facebook has over six hundred million users, and is also at the center of what many are predicting will be the frontrunner in this year’s Oscar race, the film "The Social Network." While it was launched just seven years ago, Facebook is old enough to have dominated the online lives of today’s teenagers. New Hampshire Public Radio's Word of Mouth intern Jan-Erik (yahn-eric)Asplund recently talked to a researcher who studied the psychological impact of Facebook on the emotions of its users. And this caused Jan to take a long, hard look at the social landscape he’s living in…
OUTRO:That piece originally aired on New Hampshire Public Radio.
Additional Credits
With help from Word of Mouth Producer Rebecca Lavoie
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