The Internet as Cognitive Enhancement

Voinea, Cristina; Vică, Constantin; Mihailov, Emilian; Savulescu, Julian

doi:10.1007/s11948-020-00210-8

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“…The Internet makes available, both to teenagers and people of other age groups, a series of tools that simplify various social and cognitive processes ( 31 ) and tasks that would require, in its absence, an increased effort. Although early digitally exposed teenagers (as the ones in the present study) have access to vast sources of information, new methods of socialization and entertainment from a very young age, the potential positive or negative effects of this factor are still a debated subject in the scientific community ( 32 ).…”

Section: Adolescents' Social Media Usementioning

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Social media use as a coping mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multidimensional perspective on adolescents' well-being

Maftei

Merlici

Dănilă

2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionSocial media use was previously characterized as both a maladaptive coping mechanism, and a source of engagement with peers, suggesting an ambivalent effect. The present study explored how adolescents might use social media as a coping mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic, using a multidimensional perspective on well-being.MethodsOur sample consisted of 259 Romanian teenagers aged 11–16 (M = 13.38, SD = 0.93, 57% males). We investigated the potential indirect effect of social media use, i.e., its cognitive, affective, and behavioral dimensions on the relationship between depressive symptoms and adolescents' well-being.ResultsAcross all mediation analyses, our results suggested that social media use positively predicted adolescents' well-being. Given the multidimensional approach to both social media use and well-being, our findings suggested that adolescents' well-being was predicted not only by actual social media use behaviors but also by cognitions related to the expectation of receiving gratification on social media and the intense affective states related to the desire to use social media. Also, our data suggested that adolescents with high levels of depressive symptoms might be more likely to capitalize on social media use and have expectations related to receiving approval from others in the context of social media use.DiscussionDepressive symptoms might be more relevant when explaining the cognitive and affective involvement during social media use. However, their ability to predict the actual social media use behaviors may be limited. Furthermore, adolescents that present depressive symptoms might be more prone to use social media, in order to improve their well-being.

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Section: Adolescents' Social Media Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Social media use as a coping mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multidimensional perspective on adolescents' well-being

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Merlici

Dănilă

2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Moreover, platforms encourage the expression of personal opinions and experience, leading to a cacophony of voices that only further hampers individuals' capacity for rational deliberation. When confronted with never-ending information streams, people "will tend to take shortcuts to relieve the burden of complexity" (Voinea et al, 2020). The most common shortcut is to rely on other people's reasoning and judgment (Horne, 2001;Horne & Johnson, 2021).…”

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The moral source of collective irrationality during COVID-19 vaccination campaigns

Voinea

Marin

Vică

2023

Philosophical Psychology

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We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the reviewers for their valuable feedback and insights on our manuscript. Their comments and suggestions have greatly improved the quality and clarity of our work. We appreciate their time and effort in carefully reviewing our paper and providing constructive criticism that has helped to strengthen it. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn from their expertise and experience. Thank you again for your invaluable contribution to our research.

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“…Fake news presents a different kind of content where conspiracy theories are a recurring topic with frequent and harmful implications (Scheibenzuber et al, 2021). These fake news items imitate real news and are intended to spread virally for the benefit of changing individual beliefs (Voinea et al, 2020). Even the spread of fake news is happening in the world of education which faces at least two big challenges in 2020 besides emergency and infodemic online learning (Scheibenzuber et al, 2021).…”

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Research Mapping in the Use of Technology for Fake News Detection: Bibliometric Analysis from 2011 to 2021

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Ratmono

Abdullah

et al. 2022

Indonesian J. Sci. Technol

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This study aims to (1) determine research developments, (2) produce research distribution maps based on co-authorship analysis, (3) produce research distribution maps based on citation analysis, (4) produce research distribution maps based on co-citation analysis, (5) produce a research distribution map based on co-occurrence analysis, and (6) find out the state-of-the-art research in the use of technology for fake news detection. This study uses a quantitative method with a descriptive approach in bibliometric analysis from 2011 to 2021. From the research results obtained (1) the development of research publications in the field of the use of technology for fake news detection shows an increase, (2) the interrelationships between countries of authors, organizations affiliated with the authors, and among authors, (3) distribution map of citation analysis based on units of countries, sources, and authors, (4) distribution map of co-citation analysis based on unit cited sources and cited authors, (5) connection of keyword in the use of technology for fake news detection publications is related to literacy skills such as media literacy and information literacy, and (6) several research trends that researchers have widely used in the last 2 years including COVID-19, media literacy, and cyber deception. The research results can be used to determine the development of research o in the use of technology for fake news detection and as a reference for developing further research in the use of technology for fake news detection.

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The Internet as Cognitive Enhancement

Cited by 39 publications

References 58 publications

Social media use as a coping mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multidimensional perspective on adolescents' well-being

Social media use as a coping mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multidimensional perspective on adolescents' well-being

The moral source of collective irrationality during COVID-19 vaccination campaigns

Research Mapping in the Use of Technology for Fake News Detection: Bibliometric Analysis from 2011 to 2021

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