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Watching vs Living: The Hidden Habit Social Media Trains
Frame the "watching others" behavioral pattern as one that competes with reflection, autonomy, and identity formation.
Kadija B.
Kadija B.
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Growth Apprentice
Kadija is a Growth Apprentice at Pulp, examining how social media platforms shape thinking, attention, and decision-making. Her research explores the cognitive effects of digital content on younger audiences.
Kadija B.
KadijaB.@pulp.com
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From Scroll to Shortcut: How Platforms Nudge Fast Thinking
Explain cognitive shortcuts as the brain's way of coping with speed and overload, and why social platforms reward snap judgment.
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Divided Attention, Weaker Memory: What We Lose When Everything Competes
Summarize the core claim behind "divided attention" and why constant context switching reduces comprehension, retention, and the ability to connect ideas.
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Short-Form Video and Cognitive Drift: What the 2024 Student Data Suggests
Translate the short-form video study into plain language: time spent, attention performance, and academic outcomes.
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Popularity as a Truth Signal: Why Viral Feels True
Explain how feeds turn visibility into a proxy for credibility, pushing people toward surface-level certainty or disengaged skepticism.
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Is Social Media Making Us Dumber? A Pulp Analysis of Cognitive Shortcuts in Digital Discourse
Digital platforms that reward attention, speed, and social comparison promote shortcut cognition—reactive belief formation and weakened analytical reasoning.