A review by mveldeivendran
The Happiness Effect: How Social Media Is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost by Donna Freitas
3.0
In short, Can we become better consumers of social media so that it doesn't consume us?
Having interviewed more than 200 students conducted surveys of more than 700 and had more than 100 informal conversations with students, faculties, parents over the years, the author has got something very clear notions displayed through this book.
Lot of acquaintances on recently trending apps like Snapchat, Yik Yak and many more with which my generation is more obsessed. About 75 % of the book is all about about students' and young adults' opinions and views on social media obsession interviewed, surveyed by the author and some of which were really quite intriguing and thoughtful, and the remaining things were explained in a quite repetitive way. I felt the book targeted more to elder people in order to understand this obsession possessed by your adults these days though it's essential to find one's own weaknesses. I felt the Introduction and conclusion is more insightful as those opinions and views are familiar amongst my generation adults (not probably kids).
Worth trying the book as understanding the influence of social media on this modern era logically and philosophically where we are at the verge of becoming narcissistic pioneers oblivious of the ill effects of them.
"We may need to stop social media as a place to measure, judge, evaluate. We may simply need to acknowledge that none of us is perfect."
I'm grateful to Netgalley and Oxford University Press, USA for this advance copy in exchange for an unbiased, honest review.
Having interviewed more than 200 students conducted surveys of more than 700 and had more than 100 informal conversations with students, faculties, parents over the years, the author has got something very clear notions displayed through this book.
Lot of acquaintances on recently trending apps like Snapchat, Yik Yak and many more with which my generation is more obsessed. About 75 % of the book is all about about students' and young adults' opinions and views on social media obsession interviewed, surveyed by the author and some of which were really quite intriguing and thoughtful, and the remaining things were explained in a quite repetitive way. I felt the book targeted more to elder people in order to understand this obsession possessed by your adults these days though it's essential to find one's own weaknesses. I felt the Introduction and conclusion is more insightful as those opinions and views are familiar amongst my generation adults (not probably kids).
Worth trying the book as understanding the influence of social media on this modern era logically and philosophically where we are at the verge of becoming narcissistic pioneers oblivious of the ill effects of them.
"We may need to stop social media as a place to measure, judge, evaluate. We may simply need to acknowledge that none of us is perfect."
I'm grateful to Netgalley and Oxford University Press, USA for this advance copy in exchange for an unbiased, honest review.