Does Facebook and Twitter Affect Our Morals?

by Dawn Pugh

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Does Facebook and Twitter Affect Our Morals? If you find your self  twittering constantly or chatting to friends on facbook then recent suveys are showing that you could ruin your morals and standards.

According to scientists,T being actively involved in modern medias are stopping us from “reflecting” (contemplation on one-self  or the process of thoughtful meditation or rumination) and we could seriously run the risk of becoming indifferent to the suffering of humans.

Helen Immordino-Yang – University of southern California said that children  are especially vulnerable because their brains are still developing and when we experience things moving at a fast pace we do not experience human  psychological or emotional states as we should do and this will eventually affect your moral standards.

Twitter can make you immoral – The Church of Templar

A study suggests rapid-fire news updates and instant social interaction are too fast for the ‘moral compass’ of the brain to process. St Michael’s say life its self is to fast for most people, and most young people don’t know what the news is let alone watch it, … The danger is that heavy Twitters and Facebook users could become ‘indifferent to human suffering’ because they never get time to reflect and fully experience emotions about other people’s feelings. …

Microblogging 101

The moral compass of the online community could be pointed away from the veneer of selfishness, and vanity. It’s possible, at 140 characters at a time. Get out there and talk about life, talk about justice, be the moral critical mass, …

Scientists warn of Twitter dangers « A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES …

Scientists warn of Twitter dangers. April 14, 2009 by Brent Williams. (CNN) — Rapid-fire TV news bulletins or updates on Twitter or Facebook could numb our sense of morality and make us indifferent to human suffering, scientists say. Scientists say updates on networking tools … New findings show that the streams of information provided by social networking sites are too fast for the brain’s “moral compass” to process and could harm young people’s emotional development . …

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Twitter, Facebook could confuse your moral compass TopNews,India Washington, Apr 14 : They might keep you socially happy in the cyberspace, but in real life, social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook harm people’’s moral values, …

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