Reimagining Social Media Platforms
Over the years, social media usage has become intricately linked with our everyday lives—and consequently, our ways of thinking and being. While our motivations to use it may range from entertainment to escapism, what drives the tech companies who design these apps? Are they purposefully designed to be addictive? Could having different motivations lead creators to design an entirely different kind of social media platform? These are questions the participants of the workshop explored, while testing and debating their theories with peers and experts!
About the Tech Researcher
Divyansha Sehgal is a researcher and a Young Leaders in Tech Policy (YLT) fellow at Centre for Internet and Society, India. She works on issues of platform governance, online freedom of speech, digitally mediated work, digital infrastructure. She is an engineer by training.
About the Psychologist
Mohammad Swaroop is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at the Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Bangalore.
About the Xperimenter
Samyukta Prabhu currently works with healthcare startups at Villgro, a social enterprise incubator in Bengaluru. Previously, she studied Economics, Finance, and Media Studies at Ashoka University. In her free time, she enjoys playing board games and learning about new things via rabbit holes on the internet.
