Mind the App

By Usama Waheed

Welcome! Mind the App: The Psychology of Technology, the Internet, and Social Media is a very, very long name for a podcast that's not really a podcast.

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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

Mind the App episodes:

November 26, 2020 Ep 21: Surveys
0:00 Housekeeping
4:12 Overview (by Urooj)
18:30 Why we're doing this
20:11 Characteristics of a survey
21:57 Why surveys (+ good, fast & cheap)
27:34 Problems with survey research
30:28 When to use surveys
32:40 Survey design: Process
34:44 Survey design: Questions before a survey
35:15 Survey design: Types of questions
41:19 Survey design: Consider motivations and context
42:40 Errors in surveys: Overview
44:16 Errors in surveys: Social desirability
48:33 Errors in surveys: Double barreled questions/answers
50:08 Errors in surveys: Leading questions
58:10 Errors in surveys: Loaded questions/Framing
1:00:39 Errors in surveys: Priming
1:07:06 Errors in surveys: Jargon/slang
1:08:36 Errors in surveys: Mutual exclusion and collective exhaustion
1:16:53 Errors in surveys: Excessive complexity
1:21:12 Errors in surveys: Faulty presupposition
1:22:27 Errors in surveys: Vagueness
1:24:27 Errors in surveys: False inference
1:27:43 Errors in surveys: Memory
1:30:13 Errors in surveys: Other issues
1:31:14 Good practices
1:33:13 Class discussion
1:35:19 Examples of bad surveys
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1h 47min
November 26, 2020 Ep 20: TikTok
0:00 Housekeeping
5:34 Overview
7:37 Tiktok: Signup
14:44 Tiktok: Interface overview
42:38 Mariyam - the power of tiktok
45:55 Tiktok in Pakistan
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1h 28min
November 18, 2020 Ep 19 Twitter and social media activism
0:00 Discussion
4:30 What is moral outrage
10:50 Responses
14:33 Outcomes
20:50 Evolutionary angle
24:22 Moral and emotional content
27:19 Token support
34:15 Why do we tweet?
37:40 Better interaction: Being neutral
39:22 Better interactions: humanizing the opposition
49:15 Better interactions: Ingroups and outgroups
1:00:05 Better interactions: individualizing people
1:01:27 Better interactions: Being private
1:06:25 Examples
1:10:07 Twitter's design, conclusion
1:12:38 Leena's examples
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1h 24min
November 18, 2020 Ep 18: Netflix and binge-watching
0:00 Housekeeping: important dates and more
7:50 Reciprocity principle
13:50 Cocktail party effect
18:54 Idleness aversion
23:33 Hook model
29:00 Netflix demo
36:30 Discussion on demo
48:11 Cliffhangers
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52min
November 12, 2020 Ep 17: Instagram and the self
.0:00 Housekeeping: feedback, logistics
8:00 Summary of reading
22:11 Identity-oriented characteristics: Edited self-presentation
34:00 Identity-oriented characteristics: Symbolic consumption
40:02 Identity-oriented characteristics: Social spaces
47:54 Motivations to share photos: Audience feedback
1:02:19 Motivations to share photos: Memory manufacturing
1:09:45 Motivations to share photos: Relational reassurance
1:12:23 Motivations to share photos: Bounded rebellion
1:19:52 Instagram exploration: Minhal
1:26:24 Instagram exploration: Aleena
1:33:33 Class discussion
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1h 40min
November 06, 2020 Ep 16: Dramaturgy and the self
0:00 Housekeeping: planning dates, give feedback
19:52 What is the self?
36:13 How do we form the self?
40:54 Discussion: What kind of identities are you performing?
46:08 Dramaturgical theory
58:38 Self & Social Media
1:10:30 Impression management
1:18:37 Reflection on identity formation
1:20:43 Class discussion
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1h 31min
October 30, 2020 Ep 14: Tinder and online relationships
0:00 Housekeeping: Birthdays, cake, project
23:13 Podcast discussion
36:03 Arguments for online dating
52:31 Discussion: Paradox of choice & flo-rida effect
1:13:21 Discussion: Clips from swiped (documentary)
1:22:04 (Tinder and) the self
1:25:36 Dating/Rishtas in Pakistan
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1h 41min
October 28, 2020 Ep 13: Choices and decision making
0:00 Housekeeping: Final project, course timeline, bts
16:56 Less is more: Jam study and more
30:36 Less is more: Uncle Barry
39:48 More is more: Single-choice aversion
43:42 More is more: Criticisms of less is more
48:17 Discussion: Which one is it?
1:00:47 Maximizing vs satisficing
1:11:58 Examples
1:20:50 What should we do?
1:27:35 Discussion on class
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1h 39min
October 25, 2020 Ep 12: Online shopping and consumption
0:00 Housekeeping: First project deliverable, class logo, next guest lecture
10:33 Lecture overview
11:00 Article
32:24 Individual factors
38:42 Social factors
42:37 Institutional factors
47:44 Biases: Endowment effect
54:53 Biases: Loss aversion
1:13:21 Biases: Decoy effect
1:20:40 Biases: Scarcity
1:23:37 Biases: Mere exposure
1:28:40 Reviews
1:30:45 Class discussion
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1h 40min
October 20, 2020 Ep 11: Into to research methods
0:00 Housekeeping
4:08 Research methods: Academia vs Industry
6:07 Academia
9:58 Industry
14:38 Academic methods
19:10 Industry methods
28:05 Industry methods: Why?
44:54 Schemas & mental models examples
54:53 Ethnographies
1:03:33 Other methods: Diary study, surveys, and more
1:10:18 Evil final project
1:15:50 Recitations and BTS
1:20:29 Class discussion (
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1h 36min

FAQs about Mind the App:

How many episodes does Mind the App have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.