Cognitive Sciences Applied to Social Media

A field that applies psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive anthropology to understand how social media affects attention, memory, decision‑making, and emotional regulation. It investigates phenomena like doomscrolling, addiction mechanics, echo chambers, and the cognitive load of managing multiple identities online. By treating the user as a cognitive agent, it reveals how platforms are designed to exploit vulnerabilities in human information processing—attention loops, confirmation bias, social validation—and how users can develop metacognitive strategies to resist manipulation.

Example: “Cognitive sciences applied to social media explained why outrage spreads faster than nuance: the brain’s negativity bias is amplified by algorithmic rewards, creating a feedback loop that shapes public discourse.”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026

Social Sciences Applied to the Internet

A broader field extending social science methods to the entire internet ecosystem—infrastructure, governance, political economy, and culture. It examines how internet architecture (protocols, data centers, fiber optics) embodies political values, how governance regimes (ICANN, national regulations) shape freedom, and how economic models (surveillance capitalism, gig platforms) reorganize labor and value. It treats the internet not as a neutral network but as a contested social space where power, resistance, and inequality are enacted.

Example: “His work on social sciences applied to the internet traced how the shift from net neutrality to privatized data flows concentrated economic power in a handful of platform companies, reshaping global digital rights.”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026

Human Sciences Applied to the Internet

The application of humanities disciplines to the internet as a cultural and historical artifact. It examines the internet’s intellectual genealogy (from military research to counterculture to commercial sphere), its representation in literature and art, its impact on concepts of authorship and intellectual property, and the ethical frameworks emerging from networked life. It treats the internet as a text, a set of practices, and a space for meaning-making that requires interpretation, not just measurement.

*Example: “Her dissertation used human sciences applied to the internet to analyze how early internet utopianism—once celebrated as liberatory—became the ideological foundation for surveillance capitalism, showing the continuity between 1990s rhetoric and present-day platform power.”*

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026

Cognitive Sciences Applied to the Internet

A field that studies how human cognition interacts with the internet’s technical features: hyperlinks, search engines, multitasking environments, algorithmic recommendations. It investigates how the internet changes the way we think—distributed cognition, the Google effect on memory, the impact of constant interruptions on sustained attention, and the cognitive cost of navigating digital interfaces. It provides evidence for how the internet reshapes mental habits, both enabling and constraining thought.

Example: “Cognitive sciences applied to the internet revealed that relying on search engines changes how we remember: we recall where to find information rather than the information itself, outsourcing memory to the network.”

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 24, 2026

Fuck to AppleTV

The classier, more curated cousin of Netflix and chill. Implies a deliberate choice of a prestige show or artsy movie as background noise for getting down, typically involving moody lighting, overpriced candles, and the illusion of taste. You’re not just hooking up—you’re hooking up with taste.

He poured wine, put on Slow Horses, and lit a candle. Total ‘fuck to AppleTV’ energy.

by Theallsunday July 17, 2025

Round of Applause Method

A hands free masturbation technique that involves slapping the penis on a man’s belly, followed by letting gravity slam his balls on his taint, allowing for the penis to bounce back up and repeat the process.

Dude, that guy is CRAZY at the Round of Applause Method.

by walkmf July 19, 2025

Get a job application

A Gen Z slang that means "Get a life"

Eww, go get a job application.

by Jayykeeee July 21, 2025