Kids These Days? Social Overload Meets New Realities

Published: Oct. 2, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

b'Phil and Stephen look at growing unease about the impact of social media and the ever-widening chasm between the generations.\\n\\nI used to think social media was a force for good. Now the evidence says I was wrong\\n\\nit went from being a place for crowdsourcing and sharing, during the initial wave of demonstrations against the Egyptian regime, to a fractious battleground full of \\u201cecho chambers\\u201d and \\u201chate speech\\u201d: \\u201cThe same tool that united us to topple dictators eventually tore us apart.\\u201d Ghonim saw social media polarising people into angry opposing camps \\u2013 army supporters and Islamists \\u2013 leaving centrists such as himself stuck in the middle, powerless.\\n\\nCoping With Photo Overload on Social Media\\n\\nYes, you are oversharing photos. Here\\u2019s how to show your favorite moments to friends and family without alienating everyone.\\n\\nCheap Sex and the Decline of Marriage\\n\\nWhy is marriage in retreat among young Americans? Because it is now much easier for men to find sexual satisfaction outside marriage, argues Mark Regnerus\\n\\nA 40-year study of teens finds Generation Z is unlike any past generation \\u2014 here\\u2019s what they\\u2019re all about\\n\\nContrary to teenagers of past generations, Generation Z \\u2014 broadly defined as people born between 1995 and the mid-2000s \\u2014 aren\\u2019t drinking alcohol, having sex, driving, or going out without their parents nearly as much.\\n\\n\\n\\nWT 352-661'