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A Social Media Landscape that Serves rather than Exploits

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Overview

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Explore the potential for reimagining and redesigning social media to better serve society in this TEDx talk. Delve into the current flaws and negative outcomes of social media platforms while examining their powerful communication capabilities. Discover how social media could be transformed into a force for good, addressing global challenges instead of causing harm. Learn about the speaker's extensive experience in human communication and his vision for a safer, healthier social media landscape. Gain insights into topics such as heavy users, loneliness, content issues, responsibility, accountability, and freedom in the digital age. Reflect on practical steps to improve the social media experience and its impact on society.

Syllabus

Introduction
Heavy Users
Loneliness
The Future of Social Media
The Problem with Content
Taking Responsibility
Accountability
Freedom
What should we do

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TEDx

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