01:355:099 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fundamental Attribution Error, Selfishness, Net.

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: English Composition and Writing
• Course: 01:355:099
• Professor: Professor Warren

Document Summary

Contextually, social media has become a ubiquitous paradox in the sense that its overwhelming presence simultaneously shapes society in two distinct directions, positively and negatively. Social media has become a useful medium for communication, but has become a nuisance to society because of its immense dependency by humans. : me , a combination of numerous social influences have unpredictably led today"s generation, genme, into a narcissistic path due to the substantial emphasis on self. Carr"s, is google making us stupid , the excessive use of internet deteriorates the human capacity for deep thought and focus by introducing various distractions and new methods of greater efficiency on the net. Malcolm gladwell"s the power of context examines contextual cues in the environment that are usually under estimated when dealing with society"s issues. Social media minimally dictates altruistic behavior, rather it is an abstraction that hinders contemplative comprehension.