How Do I Convince My Students to Limit Social Media?

Cal Newport answers a Listener Call from a teacher hoping to convince her students to cut down on social media use. Cal goes into a rant about about the rise of social media and how that compared to television years ago. Cal talks about how the Anti-Smoking slogan was developed. The Tipping Point is to know someone who doesn't use Social Media. This gives people permission to follow because someone already has. Cal goes on another rant about how Mark Zuckerberg is like the Commodore Vanderbilt. Listen to Episode Here (Scroll down to #164DeepQuestionsPodcast) : https://bit.ly/3eEefHK 0:00 Cal's intro 0:10 Cal plays the recorded question 1:17 Cal's initial thoughts 2:45 Cal talks to Jesse about TV and social media 3:56 Cal discusses his book Digital Minimalism 4:45 Cal talks about the Anti-Smoking slogan 5:45 Anti-culture to social media 7:51 The Tipping point 9:05 Cal talks about big social media companies 11:00 Cal talks to Jesse about Social Media 11:27 Cal gives his thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg 13:00 Cal's vision for the future Connect with Cal Newport: 🔴Visit Cal's BLOG and website: https://bit.ly/3luGhca 🔴Check out Cal's books: https://bit.ly/3ppaafc About Cal Newport: Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University. In addition to his academic research, he writes about the intersection of digital technology and culture. Cal's particularly interested in our struggle to deploy these tools in ways that support instead of subvert the things we care about in both our personal and professional lives. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including, most recently, A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. He's also the creator of The Time-Block Planner. The videos are considered to be used under the "Fair Use Doctrine" of United States Copyright Law, Title 17 U.S. Code Sections 107-118. Videos are used for editorial and educational purposes only and I do not claim ownership of any original video content. I don't use said video clips in advertisements, marketing or for direct financial gain. All video content in each clip is considered owned by the individual broadcast companies. #CalNewport #DeepWork #DeepLife #DeepQuestions #TimeblockPlanner #WorldWithoutEmail #DeepQuestionsPodcast