Natasha Murashev is the author of PsychBlog, a digital magazine focused on applied psychology.
Recently, the media has been focusing on the bad consequences of teen social networking such as cyberbullying and sexting. But is social media actually bad for teens? According to a new body of research described by Los Angeles Times, teens who are most active on social networking sites such as Facebook are actually more well-adjusted than their less-connected peers.
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Natasha Murashev is the author of Psychblog.com, a digital magazine focused on applied psychology.
Love to travel but don’t have enough money to stay at a hotel? Have an extra couch at your place and want to meet some cool people? In case you haven’t heard the buzz, CouchSurfing is a non-profit social networking organization that matches those who need a free place to crash and those who have an extra couch for interesting people from around the world. Now, CouchSurfing has joined the Stanford University’s Peace Dot Initiative to help promote world peace.
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Natasha Murashev is the author of Psychblog.com, a digital magazine focused on applied psychology.
As schools are increasingly integrating social media into the classroom, the debate over its’ use and effectiveness for learning rages. In an interview with TechNewsDaily, the principle of the Social Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, Chris Lehmam, stresses the importance of using social media in schools by pointing out the disconnect between how kids learn in school and what they do when they go home to the real world.
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Psychologist Chyan Yang from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan surveyed over 300 individuals about their YouTube use. The results of the survey, published in this month’s Journal of Cyberpsychology and Behavior, reveal YouTube’s secret to success which you can apply to your social networking website.
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