Social Media

Feeling trapped by technology?

Guest: W. Keith Campbell, Professor of Psychology, University of Georgia There is no such thing as a selfie-free zone. Everywhere you turn, someone is hoisting a phone camera and posting it to Instagram or Facebook. Selfie-taking occasionally even turns tragic when someone loses their footing trying to capture the perfect shot on a hiking trail, for example. Are selfies turning us all into narcissists? Or maybe it’s just that social media is tapping into a narcissistic streak society already had in spades?

As traveling family coaches, Richard and Linda get some questions more than others, and they usually revolve around technology. Today the Eyres focus on smartphones and social media. There are plenty of benefits like keeping in contact with loved ones that are far away, but also some disadvantages too.

Lee Humphreys examines the connections we make online in her new book "The Qualified Self: Social Media and the Accounting of Everyday Life."

Social media expert Dr. Bu Zhong explains the most positive way to use social media in order to uplift your life.

Measuring the Effect of Social Media on Body Image

For Mental Wellness Monday, how can we stop comparing ourselves to others on social media?

Determining when and how your children should engage in social media.

Have you heard of social media fasting?

Are Facebook and Google the Future of Journalism? Do We Really Want That?

What are the benefits of taking a break from social media?

Looking to social media to figure out how happy people are

Have you spent more time on your phone than you would’ve liked the past few months?

Bad Blood: Doctors Attacked on Social Media

We learn about how professional etiquette on social media is changing.

The way you connect may affect you online

Facebook, Free Press and a Journalist in the Philippines Fighting to #HoldtheLine

Nicholas Boothman joins us to share how we can charm clients and colleagues from the other side of a screen.

The Social Dilemma documentary examines how the evolution of social media platforms has sparked dozens of debates on what’s ethical and what’s not in marketing.

Guest: Eric Goldman, JD, Professor of Law, Co-director of the High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University

Kacy Faulconer talks candidly with Lisa about the upsides as well as the downsides of various social media platforms. They talk about whether deleting your accounts is for you, or not.

How can we use the best of social media without it swallowing us up in the process? Here to talk us through using social media in the best ways is familiar contributor, Jeanette Bennett. Jeanette is the founder and editor of Utah Valley Magazine, BusinessQ, Prosper Magazine, and others, a business leader, mother, and regular presenter at the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations.

Adam Price, PhD, psychologist, Associate Director at Family Connections Several studies have successfully linked higher social media useage in teenagers with feelings of isolation, anxiety and depression. In the wake of the celebrity deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, mental health is on our collective conscience. Adam Price offers insight on how social media is hurting our teens and how we can help them moving forward.

Research Claims Technology Negatively Affects Mental Health, But Is This Research Accurate?

Brian Primack of the University of Pittsburgh describes how social media might make us worse off.

Measuring the Effect of Social Media on Body Image

How time on the phone influences mental health

For Mental Wellness Monday, how can we stop comparing ourselves to others on social media?

With social media, bullying doesn’t only take place in schools. Bullying follows teens wherever their cellphones are. According to the Pew Research Center, 5-9 percent of teens have experienced some type of bullying or harassment online. Sue Scheff is the author of Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate, and is an advocate of cyberbullying prevention. She joins us to share some tools children should have in order to combat cyberbullying.