Week 3 Lecture - Social Connection and Time Well-Spent

Lisa Yan, September 10th, 2024

Materials

• Slides

CS 195 Readings

• Required [Ed post] Nature. How social media affects teen mental health: a missing link. 2023.
• Required [Ed post] NPR. New Research Casts Doubt On Connection Between Smartphone Use And Teen Mental Health. 2019.
• Required [Ed post] Nylon. For plus-size creators, Tiktok presents a new wave of challenges. 2022.
• Optional [Ed post] Pew Research Center. Teens and social media: Key findings from Pew Research Center surveys. 2023.
• Optional Pew Research Center. Americans’ Social Media Use. 2024.
• Optional [Ed post] NPR. A new AI-powered TikTok filter is sparking concern. 2023.
• Optional [Ed post] Pew Research Center. Social Media Use in 2021. 2021.

CS H195 Readings

• Required Beverly Daniel Tatum.. Chapters 1 and 2. Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?. 1997 (and 2017). UC Berkeley Library.
• Required bell hooks. Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2. Teaching to Transgress. 1994. Available via EBSCOhot Ebooks, UC Berkeley Library.