72 - The Matrix Retweeted

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English - September 01, 2021 21:20 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB
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Are you yourself on Twitter? Who is the real Twitter you? Why do you send me such horny DMs?

We examine the psychology of Twitter engagement, what researchers can and can't find out about your personality from your tweets, ponder whether Adam Curtis was right to posit distorted versions of ourselves in data warehouses, weigh up the political value of "authenticity", get lost in a sea of signs, interrogate our Tony Blair cover art, and then search for a sparkling exit in Andy Warhol shoes.

Also, Danny DeVito and the Nabisco strike.

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Why You Clicked on That Tweet: The Psychology of Twitter Engagement

Tech companies use “persuasive design” to get us hooked. Psychologists say it’s unethical - Chavie Lieber (2018) in Vox

How Twitter Fuels Anxiety - Laura Turner (2017) in The Atlantic

Language of ADHD in Adults on Social Media - Guntuku et al (2017)

What Do Your Spaces Say About You? - Lindsay T. Graham (2018)

The 'Big 5' Personality Traits

A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage - David John Hughes et al (2012)