Futurity.org – Chinese college kids less tied to social media

According to this research general features of our culture determine the way we use social media. This runs counter to what social media experts say, e.g.: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/facebook-effect-social-network-changed-world-122656206.html.

But it seems self evident, and in a way reassuring that there is such a connection. It nourishes my hope that culture in general is a complex of checks and balances with enough critical capabilities to counter consumerist tendencies…