Psychology of Social Media: The Science of Scrolling

How does social media affect the way we interact with others and ourselves? How do people’s emotions affect the way they use media? And how does media affect users mental health and wellbeing? Psychology and Social media explores the different ways in which we interact with media on the psychological and social level. Everyone uses social media apps such as instagram, snapchat and tiktok. The psychological study of how engage with social media can be used to improve the one's personal and professional life as you enter college and other professional spaces.

 

Objectives of this course include

1) Motivation and adoption of media influences.

2) How social media affects brain functioning.

3) how social media affects mental health and wellness.