Summary of Psicología Social: El poder de las redes sociales REDES

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The video discusses the power of social media networks and how they can affect both the people within them and the structural makeup of the networks themselves. Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett points out that we are influenced by the structure of our social media networks and how this can have impacts on our behavior and mental health. She also mentions that public health campaigns to reduce obesity can be more difficult to execute when the target population is connected to a large number of smokers.

• 00:00:00 In this video, social psychologist James Fowler explains how the power of social networks can be used to one's advantage. He discusses how we're connected to each other on a much deeper level than we realize, and how this affects our behavior both on a personal and social level. He also mentions that marriage and childbirth can have positive effects on lifespan, as opposed to many pharmaceutical treatments.
• 00:05:00 This video explains how the power of social networks is 6 connections, which is very popular now. Stanley Milgram's 60s study of strong connections between people and places found that the number needed to reach someone decreases with each level of separation. Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler's 2010 study of obesity showed that the number of steps needed to reach someone decreases with each level of separation, to 3 connections. This video presents the basic plot of a gigantic novel, with lines of communication growing and dying between two points, as people's weight changes. This communication effect can be deadly for people who are obese.
• 00:10:00 In this video, social psychologist Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett discusses the power of social media networks and how they can affect both the people within them and the structural makeup of the networks themselves. She discusses how we are influenced by the structure of our social media networks and how this can have impacts on our behavior and mental health. She also points out that public health campaigns to reduce obesity can be more difficult to execute when the target population is connected to a large number of smokers.
• 00:15:00 The study of social networks has shown that the effect of contagion through social media is very strong, with a Framingham resident becoming obese their closest friends had a 57% higher chance of also becoming obese. However, the most surprising finding of the study was that the contagion did not stop at friends at a distance, but also spread to friends of friends at two distance levels and friends of friends of friends at three distance levels. The contagion even jumped chains to spite of the fact that some friends did not become obese even if they did so themselves. For example, although Juan did not know Pedro, the fact that Juan became obese increased the chances that Pedro would also become obese by 10%. Another conclusion of the study was that the happier people are, the more social networks they have. This is because happiness is more contagious than sadness, as demonstrated by the statistical analysis of Fowler and Christakis, which found that each happy friend increases our chances of happiness by 9%, while each unhappy friend only increases our chances of sadness by 7%. Therefore, we tend to underestimate the importance of knowing other people and this has a long-standing impact on our behavior. For example, we might place exits of emergency near other people in case of fire, as seen by researchers who do
• 00:20:00 The video discusses the power of social networks, and how, by understanding how these networks are structured, it is possible to have an impact on what they are capable of doing. It has been found that certain networks are designed to help us achieve desired results, such as those found in musical theater productions. anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, from the University of Oxford, will be speaking about this topic next month, and he has found that as the neocortex in primates gets larger, their social networks become more complex. This is also true for societies that are primarily hunter-gatherers, as well as for military units, which typically have a number of 150 members. Facebook users have a average of 130 friends on their list, which is similar to the number of residents in Paleolithic villages. Despite their similarities, Facebook networks are still a new phenomenon with over 500 million users. Luminous lines on this map represent Facebook friendships, and there are no political boundaries in this social network. Information about our connections is automatically gathered and analyzed as we communicate with others more frequently through e-mails and online transactions. The relationships between husband and wife, and between parents and their children, are going to be affected in some way by this
• 00:25:00 The power of social networks is being felt in all three things that I believe will be affected: our thoughts, our lives, and the way we view the world. For example, the fact that my attitude affects not only my wife, children, and friends, but also the people around me has changed completely. Now, not only do my close friends affect me, but potentially hundreds or even thousands of other people with my daily actions. I believe that being aware of this power is going to have a profound effect on human behavior in all areas of life. For example, after this conversation with my fans, I ask myself: do they really know where they came from, where they are going, and what role social networks play in their lives that makes them not seem to understand that they are part of a larger group? Do they realize that they are part of a group that is influencing their lives in a way that they cannot do alone, or not at all? Everyone.