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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 3 views
A review of several studies published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal confirms what many parents feared about the potentially harmful impact of social media. The reviews stated the teenagers who spend less time socializing in person and have easy access to online information about suicide…
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A Chick-fil-A restaurant in Brownsville Texas welcomed a duck when it chose to nest in their parking lot. The establishment used their social media page to report that the duck, named Daisy, was living in the parking lot, and asked guests to say hello, but be respectful of her home. The restaurant posted…
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In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “For some time now, scientists have known that using social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram can be addictive. Every time someone’s phone pings…
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In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “It is said that if you wake up in the morning and the first thing you crave is a drink, you might be an alcoholic. If you wake up in the morning and the first thing you do is check your phone to read e-mail or scan through your social media before you even get…
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Sometimes when we look around at others, we get the idea that everybody else is better off, and have a better life that we do. Social media exaggerates this feeling as we see the people with their perfect families, beautiful homes, and fantastic jobs they post online. “But the truth is,” says Joshua…
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In traditional journalism, reporters confirm information with two outside sources before reporting it. With the advent of citizen journalism afforded by social media the normal safeguards and restraints are no longer in place—some read something, and then pass it along as fact. Reporter Miles Parks gives…
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In Leaders Eat Last, Simon Sinek writes, “Studies have shown that people who spend excessive time on social media experience higher rates of depression and anxiety. A 2013 study by social scientists at the University of Michigan, for instance, tracked the use of Facebook by eighty-two young adults over…
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In June 2018, the Barna Group released results from a study that included Evangelistic practices on Social Media. They found that “three in 10 (28%) share their faith via social media, and almost six in 10 (58%) non-Christians say someone has shared their faith with them through Facebook.” —Jim L. Wilson…
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A COVID Response Tracking study conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago found adults under the age of 35 were especially likely to report negative feelings or to experience physical and emotional symptoms associated with stress and anxiety connected with the coronavirus pandemic. The study found…
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Desmond Amofah, also known as Etika, was a star on YouTube. The subject of his final video was suicide. Talking about social media he said, “It can give you an image of what you want your life to be and get blown completely out of proportion. It consumed me.” Soon thereafter police found his body in…
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International researchers found that screen use among teenagers rose to 7.7 hours a day during the pandemic as compared to an average of 3.8 hours pre-pandemic. The study found that multiple-player gaming, single-player gaming, texting, social media, video chatting, internet browsing, and steaming movies…
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The McCormick Spice company announced that it will soon pay a taco lover $100,000 over four months to innovate new seasoning mixes and recipes to make tacos better. The company will employ the person for four months at a salary of $25,000 per month. They asked for an availability to work remotely up…
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A Russian nature reserve said a camera disguised as a piece of tree bark to get candid shots of animals in action, was accidentally destroyed by a woodpecker. In a social media post, Nizhne-Svirsky nature Reserve in Leningrad Oblast said the black woodpecker, nicknamed Zhelna, was hunting for insects…
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Scott Randall was on the way to achieving his dream of playing in baseball’s major leagues when he drafted as a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks Single-A affiliate in Rocklin, California. Randall said he is committed to following his dream, but the minor leagues are not a road to riches. During the…
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Jamaican hurdler Hansel Parchment may not have won a gold medal in Tokyo, if a stranger had not intervened. Parchment took the wrong bus on the day of his event. He was listening to music, when he looked up and realized the bus was going the wrong way and he had no idea where he was. In a social media…
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While she and her neighbors stayed at home to social distance, a teenage girl decided to encourage her neighbors by singing to them on Easter. The teen’s mother helped her set up some speakers in their driveway so she could be heard by the neighbors. They posted a video of the event on social media afterwards,…
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Diver Karl Bly has found other objects while diving near Sacramento California. Recently, he found a gold ring and successfully returned it to the owner. Bly said he could not tell how long the ring had been at the bottom of the American River but he knew someone would want it back so he used social…
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Pope Francis called on the world’s Catholics to make better use of their time. His challenge to the faithful was to “give up insulting people on social media for Lent and pray instead of wasting time with ‘useless words, gossip, rumors, tittle-tattle.’” The Week, March 6, 2020 p. 6 The rest of us could…
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A Chicago bus driver who was looking for a way to relive stress during the pandemic decide that the best thing to do was to challenge himself to dive into lake Michigan every day for a year. Dan O’Conor said he started jumping into Montrose Harbor the summer of 2020 to reduce stress. He said, at first,…
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In early December 2020, four-year old twins Luna and Gianella Gonzales released helium filled balloons containing five holiday wishes. The girls included a list of presents they hoped to receive for Christmas. Weeks later, the girl’s mother learned that someone had shared a picture of Luna’s pink, star-shaped…
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Bill Patrick Sr. and Bill Patrick Jr., a father and son who had not seen each other in almost 48 years had a reunion at a Pennsylvania Airport after the younger man’s aunt helped them find each other. Bill Jr. said, his mother left his father in Spring 1973 and all he knew about his father was the information…
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Authorities say a pet cat that was believed to have died along with its owner and 22 other people in a California mudslide in January 2018, unexpectedly returned. The Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Santa Barbara County said the cat, named Patches, was brought in as a stray, and a microchip scan…
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Paul O’Sullivan said one night he was randomly searching for people with the same name on a social media site. He sent friend requests to the people he found and most accepted. As they began seeing information from the other people, they discovered several of them were musicians, so they decided to form…
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Hundreds of shoppers at an Austin, Texas grocery store were preparing for deal with a fierce winter storm, when the power went out. One shopper documented the event on social media. The person reported they were standing in line when the power went off. An employee asked people to be patient while they…
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Two sisters from Dallas saw a need in downtown Dallas and decided to help by providing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. The girls, Bella and Riley Sauter recognized a lot of the homeless people in the area did not have enough food and they wanted to be part of the solution. They made 30 sandwiches…