Think before you like : social media's effect on the brain and the tools you need to navigate your newsfeed

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Label

Think before you like : social media's effect on the brain and the tools you need to navigate your newsfeed

Title remainder

social media's effect on the brain and the tools you need to navigate your newsfeed

Statement of responsibility

Guy P. Harrison

Creator

• Harrison, Guy P

Author

• Harrison, Guy P

Subject

• Brain -- Psychology
• Critical thinking
• Online social networks
• Social media -- Psychological aspects

Language

eng

Summary

Social media has pitfalls: misinformation, pseudoscience, fraud, and irrational beliefs, presented in an attractive, easy-to-share form. It reinforces your biases by tracking your preferences: it sends only filtered newsfeeds, so that you rarely see anything that might challenge your set notions. Harrison demonstrates how critical thinking can enhance the benefits of social media, while giving readers the skills to guard against its dangers. He also suggests ways to protect yourself against privacy invasion, trolls, and the confusion over fake news versus credible journalism

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

302.30285

Index

index present

LC call number

HM742

LC item number

.H378 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography