Lecture 36- Social Media — Transcript

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1. 0:17Namaskar friends.
2. 0:19I welcome you all in module eight of the
3. 0:22stress management course.
4. 0:25This module is focused on understanding
5. 0:29more about the role of social media in
6. 0:32our lives and the kind of consequences
7. 0:36it can produce on our mental health.
8. 0:40We will try to review different kind of
9. 0:43social media platforms, different kind
10. 0:46of activities that one can perform on
11. 0:49these virtual platforms, and how these
12. 0:53activities can enrich or endanger our
13. 0:58lives.
14. 0:59Along with the remedial measures that
15. 1:02can be taken in order to limit the
16. 1:06harmful impacts of these tools.
17. 1:09Let us begin with today's lecture.
18. 1:12This is a quick recap of what we are
19. 1:15going to study in this module.
20. 1:19In lecture one of module eight, we will
21. 1:22begin with discussing about what social
22. 1:25media is,
23. 1:27different types of social media
24. 1:29platforms and their usage,
25. 1:32their impact on our life,
26. 1:34their advantages and disadvantages.
27. 1:40So basically, social media encompasses
28. 1:44digital platforms that can be used to
29. 1:47empower individuals to generate,
30. 1:50distribute, and engage with contents,
31. 1:54while also fostering virtual
32. 1:57relationship with others.
33. 2:01Different types of social media
34. 2:03platforms are operating nowadays, which
35. 2:07include
36. 2:08Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, which
37. 2:11offers a space for users to connect and
38. 2:15share update with others.
39. 2:17And these types of platforms are called
40. 2:20social networking sites.
41. 2:24Then come the visual-centric platforms
42. 2:27like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat
43. 2:32that prioritize the visual content
44. 2:36like photos and videos to be shared with
45. 2:39others.
46. 2:42There are several blogging platforms
47. 2:45also, such as WordPress, Tumblr.
48. 2:49What happens with these platforms that
49. 2:52you can write blogs or microblogs about
50. 2:55a particular issue, and then these blogs
51. 2:59can be a useful way, a convenient way
52. 3:03for users to create and share written
53. 3:06content about a particular theme.
54. 3:11No doubt, this social media has impacted
55. 3:15our life in a great way.
56. 3:18This can be used for building
57. 3:20relationship with others.
58. 3:23Of course, we can make more distant
59. 3:27relationships as we can do ever before
60. 3:31with the power of social media.
61. 3:34We cannot meet everyone in person.
62. 3:38We cannot meet everyone through our kith
63. 3:41and kin network as well.
64. 3:43So, this virtual world
65. 3:46allows us to connect with people living
66. 3:50in far and distant places, gather
67. 3:53informations from all corners of the
68. 3:56world. And it would be apt if I say that
69. 3:59it has brought the whole world at our
70. 4:02doorstep.
71. 4:05This can also be used to spread
72. 4:08information quickly across the globe.
73. 4:13Broadcasting it to a large group of
74. 4:15audience simultaneously.
75. 4:18These platforms are very much used for
76. 4:21self-expression.
77. 4:23We all see how people write their
78. 4:27opinions and attitudes about a number of
79. 4:30things that are happening
80. 4:32on X, on Instagram, on Twitter. So, this
81. 4:36becomes a kind of self-expression
82. 4:40platform, also.
83. 4:42By expressing themselves, sometimes they
84. 4:44can create new insights or they can just
85. 4:48become aware of how other people are
86. 4:50thinking about the same thing. So, in a
87. 4:53way, it helps in building consent over
88. 4:56an issue, also.
89. 4:58However, there is a big mental health
90. 5:01concern associated with it.
91. 5:04Because every time what we express and
92. 5:08how we express may not be suitable for
93. 5:12the psychological health of other
94. 5:15people.
95. 5:17It can create a lot of anxiety and
96. 5:19depression in people
97. 5:22where they get very harsh comments from
98. 5:25others.
99. 5:27Let us discuss a bit more about the
100. 5:30advantages and disadvantages of social
101. 5:33media.
102. 5:35Advantages first.
103. 5:38So, if I try to jot down the benefits of
104. 5:41using social media, the first thing that
105. 5:44comes to my mind is it helps in
106. 5:46community building.
107. 5:48We can relate with other people of
108. 5:51similar attitude, similar thought,
109. 5:54having similar views on issues.
110. 5:57We can connect with people suffering
111. 6:00from same kind of problems as we are
112. 6:02facing in our lives.
113. 6:05This gives us a feel of belongingness.
114. 6:08This gives us a source of gathering
115. 6:11important information about the problems
116. 6:14or issues of our life, which would
117. 6:18otherwise have not been possible.
118. 6:21So, it provides large networking
119. 6:25opportunities to people
120. 6:28at professional level also,
121. 6:30which is instrumental for the growth of
122. 6:33their career.
123. 6:37It provides access to all sort of
124. 6:40information and endless source of
125. 6:42information.
126. 6:44Then, it also helps in creative
127. 6:47expressions like uh memes or other form
128. 6:52of creativity which we usually observe
129. 6:54on social media.
130. 6:56So, it supports creative expression
131. 6:59also.
132. 7:01However,
133. 7:02these advantages cannot completely
134. 7:06counter the drawbacks or disadvantages
135. 7:10of social media
136. 7:12that we are experiencing nowadays and
137. 7:15which is increasing day by day.
138. 7:19The first thing
139. 7:21as an disadvantage of social media is
140. 7:25addiction.
141. 7:26Means excessive, uncontrolled,
142. 7:30unregulated use of social media,
143. 7:34which occupies most of the time, most of
144. 7:38the productive time of our day.
145. 7:42Thereby leaving us with very little time
146. 7:45to perform important tasks.
147. 7:49And also it consumes most of our
148. 7:52cognitive resources. So we are
149. 7:54completely absorbed in that virtual
150. 7:57world.
151. 7:58Forgetting about the real world around
152. 8:01us in which we stay.
153. 8:04Our priorities do change. Our
154. 8:07preferences, our interests do change.
155. 8:10And many it can lead to changes in our
156. 8:13personality also.
157. 8:15We start prioritizing virtual
158. 8:18relationships over the real ones.
159. 8:22And it shows significant considerable
160. 8:26withdrawal symptoms when a person
161. 8:29addicted to the use of social media is
162. 8:32not allowed to do so.
163. 8:35So addiction is the first and foremost
164. 8:37problem which we see with the use of
165. 8:40social media which is growing day by day
166. 8:44and it has become so prevalent and so
167. 8:47pronounced that now it is a part of the
168. 8:50list of
169. 8:51disease shared by World Health
170. 8:53Organization.
171. 8:55Many new disorders have popped up which
172. 8:58are linked with this kind of
173. 9:01uncontrolled usage of social media.
174. 9:05Another big threat is cyberbullying.
175. 9:09Just like we see the activities of
176. 9:13bullying and harassment in real life.
177. 9:16Similar activities can be conducted
178. 9:19online also through these virtual
179. 9:21platforms.
180. 9:23Therefore you find people feeling
181. 9:26harassed
182. 9:27when they post something, when they
183. 9:29share something and a lot of criticism,
184. 9:32a lot of bullying suddenly starts
185. 9:34happening.
186. 9:37It can also increase crimes like cyber
187. 9:41arrest, cyber fraud. So, having cyber
188. 9:45security in our
189. 9:47digital life is a big issue which we all
190. 9:51are dealing with.
191. 9:55Another important drawback of social
192. 9:57media platforms is misinformation.
193. 10:02Because it is a very quick and effective
194. 10:05tool of spreading information.
195. 10:08If anything
196. 10:09biased, misleading, false is posted on
197. 10:13social media, that also gets circulated
198. 10:17very quickly.
199. 10:19Most of the people do not take a minute
200. 10:22to check the validity of the information
201. 10:25and simply forward it to other people.
202. 10:30The issue gets serious
203. 10:32even more when the information is
204. 10:35arousing in certain manner, maybe
205. 10:38emotionally or it carries some sensitive
206. 10:41information about a group of people,
207. 10:44an individual, or about institutions.
208. 10:49Spreading of such false informations
209. 10:52among mass of people
210. 10:55leads to disbelief towards the
211. 10:58institutions of the society, of the
212. 11:01government.
213. 11:02And sometimes it creates a situation of
214. 11:05intergroup conflict which can be very
215. 11:09intense.
216. 11:10Therefore, we see that whenever there is
217. 11:14a state of conflict, a state of riot, a
218. 11:17state of insurgency
219. 11:19in our country, the first thing that
220. 11:22government does is to
221. 11:25uh cut off the internet connections for
222. 11:28some time. For 2 or 3 days, all the
223. 11:32internet connections get slowed down
224. 11:35very much and their speed is greatly
225. 11:38reduced so that the person cannot use it
226. 11:40effectively, cannot forward messages
227. 11:43through it.
228. 11:45Another important aspect is
229. 11:49constant comparison and competitiveness,
230. 11:52which gradually comes in with excessive
231. 11:55use of social media.
232. 11:58>> [snorts]
233. 11:59>> Through social media, individuals may
234. 12:02constantly compare themselves to others,
235. 12:05which may instill a feeling of
236. 12:08inferiority, inadequacy, and stress in
237. 12:11them.
238. 12:13Without realizing that much of what we
239. 12:16post on social media is edited and
240. 12:19intentionally crafted, people can
241. 12:22compare their real-life situations with
242. 12:25those of others
243. 12:27through the posts and the status updates
244. 12:31they do.
245. 12:33Again, it becomes a kind of problem for
246. 12:37us.
247. 12:38So, these were significant drawbacks
248. 12:42related with social media that all of us
249. 12:46are facing nowadays.
250. 12:49We will see some more in the upcoming
251. 12:53lectures.
252. 12:55Till then, these are the references that
253. 12:58you can go through to enhance your
254. 13:01understanding about the subject matter.
255. 13:07And we will see each other in lecture
256. 13:10two.
257. 13:11Thank you very much for your kind
258. 13:13attention.