1. Everybody knowssocial media is tearingapart the fabric ofDr Stephen Harrington

2. The offenders: what is the commonsense?

3. Key aspects of concern: Physical dangers Physical effects Social effects

4. Physical dangers:Web as a site of:PredatorsReckless behaviourPrivacy breachesTrolling"The dark side of the internet"- Jackman (2011)

5. Physical effects: Addiction Changing personalities Learning abilities Poor physical development Misdirected energy

6. Social effects: Real social/cultural/familydisconnection Replacing offline interactions Harming interpersonal skills Putnam (2000) "BowlingAlone"

7. The "homo interneticus"?

8. But wait...Time to re-think?

9. But wait..."A better pencil"- Dennis Baron (2009)

10. Physical dangers:"Facebook murder!"The Courier Mail, 7/6/08

11. Physical dangers:The media as "extensionsof man"...- Marshall McLuhan

12. Physical effects:See: Computer Games,Addictions, Violence -KCB102, Week 4

13. Social effects:David Gauntlett (2011)"Making is Connecting"

14. Social effects: Being creative (not art, but craft) iscentral to human happiness 20th Century: Mass Medialimited the opportunities forordinary people to create andshare (sit back and be told) 21st Century: Web 2.0 seesExplosion of tools for everydayAmateur creativity (making anddoing) Creating things connects you toother people. You create, youshare, and share with othercreators

15. Social effects:Are we seeing thedevelopment of a new socialfabric?

16. Social effects:"Creativity and communicationwere not invented by the internet,of course but websites and onlineservices can certainly help toamplify and connect thoseactivities.And, incidentally, its not just aboutpeople who are far apart. I live inWalthamstow, a town on the edgeof London, and if I contribute to theWikipedia page aboutWalthamstow, I am collaboratingwith people who probably mostlylive within one or two miles of me,

17. Social effects:GuerrillagardeningCraftivismMe:

18. Conclusion:Tools for making socialconnections...

19. Conclusion:Tools for humanhappiness.