David was one of the first person’s I thought of when I thought about making Man V/s Machine because I wanted someone to talk about the weird political climate that was happening online and he didn’t disappoint.In this interview we talk about how we started on the internet since we’re about similar ages, as well as how gender plays into how we think about politics, as well as thinking about how we read the news.

You can find his work here at https://www.davidmoscrop.com/

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There’s a common sentence you hear that the online world is not real. That whatever happens in social media is not real. This is factually incorrect, everything that happens online is part of the world world whether we like it or not. and if we take his statement at face value, this can be dangerous.

Our social lives revolve around the technology we have, s well as our business, our careers, our families, and the shape of what we think about the world. All of it revolves around what happens online. This can lead to healthy communities or dangerous ideas.

There’s a blend here. A distortion.

David Moscrop, political commentator and writer of the book "Too Dumb for Democracy" is here to help us through the muck.

Research:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352250X1930065X

https://dourish.com/classes/readings/Slater-SocialRelationshipsIdentity.pdf

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/photoshop-ai-generated-images-1.6859130

https://arstechnica.com/staff/2016/12/stop-pretending-theres-a-difference-between-online-and-real-life/

(Critical Ignoring Paper -https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09637214221121570 , https://theconversation.com/when-critical-thinking-isnt-enough-to-beat-information-overload-we-need-to-learn-critical-ignoring-198549)

HBR - Social Media explained - https://hbr.org/2011/06/secrets-of-social-media-reveal (Why do people post)

https://everyonesocial.com/blog/the-psychology-of-how-and-why-we-share/

https://archive.ph/Q7Dn6

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7588715/

David Moscrop:

https://www.davidmoscrop.com/p/how-to-read-the-news

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On this Bonus Episode of Modern Manhood, we give you the full interview with Tyler Prochnow who is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University.

He was my main voice in the Group Chat episode and we spoke a bit to his research in the online gaming and chat space.

His research interests include the social dynamics which drive health behavior. Tyler has also done work with local Boys & Girls Clubs, health districts, gaming communities, and other research projects to better understand how social connections impact physical activity and mental health.

In this episode you’ll hear us talk about how group chats can become healthy or toxic, and also dissect even a group chat like mine with my friends.

https://www.tprochnow.com/

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