The view of social media and its effects differing between young and older generations, social media is decreasing social interaction. View of young people vs old people
Social media is not so social?
Is social media making us more lonely and less connected/
What can be done about it?
‘The social problem’
Daniel Mitchell High Pavement
What we need:
A piece to camera
B-roll
Vox pop footage
Interview with expert
Go to high pavement, vox pop students and teachers, interview someone who teaches sociology or social sciences.
Vox pop question “Does social media make us less social?”
Ask after they answer why they think that (covid, better tech, the way social media works/is designed, addicting)
PTC: “In a day of/In the year of 2024”
Act 1: Starts with an explanation of our thesis through some b-roll of social media and internet usage but also a scripted piece to camera. Introduce a question and facts that will source our vox pops
Act 2: vox pop footage edited with b-roll,
Act 3: expert interview? More explanation of results and findings, also maybe explain the facts to vox pop interviewees and include that footage
Ending: ending thought and our message to watchers
Research:
Notes:
36% of Americans feel serious loneliness, Harvard study
Most people choose social media nowadays over hobbies
In 2023 the average person spends 2 hours and 31 minutes on social media daily
This is not the same as face-to-face interaction which is essential to building and maintaining close relationships, we feel less connected on social media than we would in person
Social media can create an illusion of social connection feeling part of a big online community can mask the fact that they don’t have close relationships in their offline lives
“Research has shown that people who spend more time on social media tend to have fewer close relationships and lower levels of social support than those who spend less time on these platforms.”
To improve this problem we can make our social media feeds include more positive and uplifting content aswell as try to limit our screen time, instead opting for more social in person things
“Research published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology found that limiting people's time on social apps like Facebook and Snapchat to 10 minutes per day significantly reduced feelings of loneliness and depression. According to the researchers, the sweet spot may be about 30 minutes or less per day.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8071811/#:~:text=59%25%20(n%2D176%2C,to%2Dface%20communication%20more%20challenging.
“59% (n-176, Fig. 4) of the students reported that excessive social media use had exerted a negative effect on their relationships with their family members and friends and rendered face-to-face communication more challenging.”
Percentage of students who reported that social media use had affected their relationships with their family members and friends.
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