Social Networking Media– Verdict?

Just a little sidetrack from the usual postings...

Facebook 'enhances intelligence' but Twitter and Youtube 'diminishes it', claims psychologist Dr Tracy Alloway from the results of her study.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/6147668/Facebook-enhances-intelligence-but-Twitter-diminishes-it-claims-psychologist.html

“Sudoku also stretched the working memory, as did keeping up with friends on Facebook, she said.

But the ''instant'' nature of texting, Twitter and YouTube was not healthy for working memory."

Interestingly, I found her on twitter, perhaps as part of her study as she has likely joined in Feb this year.

In a speech today, US President Barack Obama praised twitter, google and facebook but not Microsoft’s Xbox. He had a blunt status update for America's permanently wired youth: your Facebook postings could come back to haunt you.

Well, that’s good advice from someone who has experienced its aftereffects.

http://searchengineland.com/obama-praises-twitter-google-facebook-but-not-microsofts-xbox-25406

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090909/ttc-us-politics-obama-it-internet-facebo-0de2eff.html




So whether you come from a psychologist or a socialist or a politician’s point of view, there is little doubt that the world we are in are getting more and more linked with social networking media. So instead of total avoidance, we should learn to embrace it with wisdom and a little trepidation, but not indulge in it without much understanding of its dangers.

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