A call for people to be civil and kind
Scotland on Sunday, 28 February 2021 explored issues related to social media, and in particular the potential for harmful consequences. Here are a few edits:
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Democracy survived for centuries without daily screaming matches
In Scotland on Sunday, 21 February 2021, Alistair Stewart offered this perspective: This perspective went on to say:
A decade without social media was simply child’s play
The title and images for this post come from an article in the Scotsman, 12 January 2021.
IMAGINED SPACES
In an essay published in the Scotsman [23 January 2021] Gail Low and Kirsty Gunn shared some thoughts:
‘Digital Bullies’
I have made this piece of artwork [an omphatyp’] using coloured overlays and distortions of the text found in an essay in today’s TIMES:
Social Media Democracy [a view]
Neil Mackay offers this opinion in the Scotsman, 19 January 2021:
When the medical profession shuts down
The following response, by Dr Rita Pal, was published online by the BMJ in 2001. In the 20 years that have passed, including the rise of social media, has the … Continue reading When the medical profession shuts down
Tens of thousands relying on social media support groups when attempting to withdraw from antidepressants
The journal Therapeutic Advices in Psychopharmacology published, on the 18th January 2021. ‘The role of Facebook Groups in the management, and raising of awareness of, antidepressant withdrawal: Is social media … Continue reading Tens of thousands relying on social media support groups when attempting to withdraw from antidepressants