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Social Media: The Two Sides of a Coin


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So far, we’ve been discussing the dire effects of social media addiction and how much pressure the digital age has brought with it. But there needs to be a balance. In this episode, we explore the two sides of the coin that is social media.
Our guest is Asa Morse, a mental health advocate and a trauma survivor from Liberia. She talks about whether the good for social media outweighs the bad or if there is a need to level the playing field.
IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT
0:25: Episode overview
1:48: Meet our guest
2:47: The benefits of social media in the society
3:43: The attention seeking loop
5:19: The best and worst things about social media
6:17: Levelling the playing field
7:54: Rounding up
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