Is There a Relationship Between Social Media and Bullying?

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In the united kingdom, a third of a 18 to 24 year old women have experienced abuse on facebook. A if you're excluded from it, no one really knows and can intervene. T e research on how we process information and how we develop feelings like empathy. And so connections that are happeningo on their finds are likely to be shallower as a result.

Author and economist Noreena Hertz of University College London talks about her book, The Lonely Century, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hertz blames social media and the individualist, pro-capitalism worldviews of leaders like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan for the rise in loneliness in the developed world. Russ suggests some alternative causes. The result is a lively conversation about understanding and explaining social trends.