{"id":5834,"date":"2016-05-30T19:05:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T19:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5834"},"modified":"2016-05-23T19:06:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T19:06:33","slug":"linked-a-social-life-social-media-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/05\/30\/linked-a-social-life-social-media-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;A Social Life &#8211; Social Media Depression&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GXdVPLj_pIk\">via YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Are you living the life that you post?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A Social Life is a short film about a career driven woman named Meredith who&#8217;s living the life she&#8217;s always dreamed of&#8230; online. Meredith strives to live a balanced life: staying fit, working hard and connecting with her friends; she is creating her &#8220;image&#8221; within her broader social media friend base. But she awakes one day and realizes that her reflection is merely the collection of photos that she has shared with others. Is this her life? Or just a carefully curated brand?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Powerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via YouTube: Are you living the life that you post? 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