Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection
As boys become men, they become distrustful, lose friendships, and feel isolated and alone.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674072428
#masculinity #loneliness #connectedness #teen #manliness #sociology #friendship
Trauma-informed game available now! 🐱
'Open Worlds Play' by Sunny Chen, was the 1st place winning game from the 2024 game design contest about social connectedness (and cats)
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🎮 Open Worlds Play
"When we Play Together, We Grow Together"
Step into 'Open Worlds Play', a vibrant, animated world where communication is your superpower and connection unlocks the next level!
https://jag.itch.io/owp/devlog/1377059/when-we-play-together-we-grow-together
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#communication #SEL #videogame #cats #itchio @gamingagainstv @stopTDV @CommunicationGames @communicationscholars
🐶🐱 Wondering how to find your tribe? 🦝🐮
'Open Worlds Play'
by Sunny Chen
A free award winning videogame about social connectedness for teens.
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Help our kids thrive.
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What are her interests, hobbies, passions? Find *those* communities on here and follow the hashtags & associated accounts.
She will 🧡 engaging with others in a healthy way.
The Fediverse is "like it used to be" online before pesky algorithms & unhealthy folks ruined things on the platforms.
The experiential value of this will probably be more compelling than facts & figures. 🧐
Engaging in perspective taking is important for everybody.
#Empathy helps us do this. And it is especially important for those in positions of power.
This is one reason our nonprofit program, Gaming Against Violence, engages people at an early age through intentionally designed prosocial #videogames.
We strive to change unhealthy attitudes and beliefs while folks are still young, before those beliefs take root.
🧡 Let's raise a generation who will make better decisions than we have.
@gamingagainstv @stopTDV @stopTDV@mastodon.social
#criticalThinking #communication #connectedness
💡Location matters less than you think for team cohesion. Connectedness is what actually matters.
Read more in my latest article below 👇
#connectedness #productdevelopment #leadership #worksmarter #teams #feedback #discovery #delivery #agile #goals #people #habits #flow #wayofworking
https://akikoo.medium.com/why-co-location-is-overrated-for-team-connection-0cbb60379f58
📚 New research illustrates how live events foster social connection
"[t]he study also found that the boost in connection wasn't long-lasting—feelings of social connection typically weren't sustained 24 hours after events ended.
🧡 This suggests the need for regular participation in such activities to maintain benefits."
🌐 https://phys.org/news/2025-08-events-foster-social.html
#liveevents #connection #connectedness #socialconnectedness #loneliness #lonelinessCorps
#social #research #publichealth #mentalhealth
🧡 Wondering how to find your tribe?
Play 'Open Worlds Play' by Sunny Chen
An award winning game about social connectedness for teens.
▪️ Free
▪️ No Ads
▪️ No Tracking
⭐ Play in your browser at #gamejolt right now! Created for middle and high school students.
🎮 https://gamejolt.com/games/owp/1016025
#loneliness #connectedness #game @gamingagainstv #findyourpeople #lonelinessCorps
@LonelinessCorps
🎮 Open Worlds Play
An award-winning game about social connectedness designed for middle school age students.
▪️ Free / no ads
▪️ Appropriate for all ages
⭐ Play on a desktop or laptop in your web browser.
🌐 https://gamejolt.com/games/owp/1016025
#socialconnectedness #connectedness #SEL #isolation #community #game #nonprofit #renpy #education #students #communication #prevention #indiegame #publichealth @gamingagainstv
🎉 Available to play now!
'Open Worlds Play' by Sunny Chen, was the 1st place winning game from the 2024 game design contest about social connectedness.
▪️ Free
▪️ No Ads
▪️ No Tracking
⭐ Play in your browser at #gamejolt right now! Created for middle and high school students.
🎮 https://gamejolt.com/games/owp/1016025
#indiegame #indiedev #education #videogames #connectedness #SEL #publichealth #nonprofit @gamingagainstv @stopTDV
In our case nodes are humans. It is likely that they fall in-and-out of #connectedness the dynamics of falling in-and-out are interesting for us. E.g., someone dropping in on many conversations in a short span of time behaves differently than someone dropping repeatedly in on the same group -- both could be disconnected for big part of the observation.
We could call them "minimally connected" nodes.
#interactionNetworks #HumanInteraction #temporalnetworks
Maybe I cried a little at the end of this one.
There's a lot spoken about robots and the workplace. But what if they could help foster #inclusion and #connectedness?
I love this video so much... Maybe you will too?
»#Virtual #forestbathing alleviates stress: Multisensory vs. unisensory nature experiences in #VirtualReality increase sense of #wellbeing and #connectedness to nature.« https://www.mpg.de/25020718/0702-bild-virtual-forest-bathing-alleviates-stress-149835-x?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures
How can we guide our #digital work to increase #connectedness, #respect and #awareness to those who will not enter the digital realm?
It is one work to lower the threshold to enter.
It is another to say that we are not ready yet here and will do more damage than good, opposing the 'more digital is good digital' narrative. This narrative seams more like a loyalty pledge to a power hunger than a respectful negotiation. [3/4]
Did you know that #positive #interactions with others can boost #happiness, support #MentalHealth, and even help us live longer?It’s #true.
https://drdavidhamilton.com/want-to-feel-happier-and-live-longer-science-says-connect/
Our Words Have Power - Amanda Knox on JRE
Pro-Palestinian activists have occupied the entrance to the FAZ (german newspaper). They are criticising the newspaper for trivialising the war in Gaza and failing to address Israel's war crimes.
"Noctcaelador has been found to relate to feelings of connectedness with nature and attitudes favoring protecting dark skies
from light pollution. Given that #connectedness with nature relates to both well-being and behaviors which protect the planet, understanding the foundations of #noctcaelador could be an important area of study regarding reactions to, and attitudes towards, natural environments."
#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Psychology #EnvironmentalPsychology #Night #Nighttime #NightSky
Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections
▪️ During the Covid pandemic, countries with strong community ties had fewer deaths from COVID-19.
▪️Chronic loneliness weakens our immune system.
❤️ Quality social connections are a fundamental human need
#social #connectedness #isolation #publichealth #mentalhealth #health #relationships @sociology @psychology
