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For those who don't have time to read, this article presents finding and evidence that mass sociogenic illness can spread online without physical interaction, a
by pierre 5y ago
For those who don't have time to read, this article presents finding and evidence that mass sociogenic illness can spread online without physical interaction, and proposes a name for this phenomenon "mass social media-induced illness".
The article also provides an analysis of the current outbreak of Tourette's like syndrome in teenagers in Germany following the rise of a specific Youtuber.
- JohnWhigham 5y agoThis is no different than a massively popular movie coming out and everyone quoting it in the following weeks.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoIt is a little different in that they admitted to the medical system and being treated with different drugs including antipsychotics.
- Rd6n6 5y agoI’m glad parents didn’t do that after jackass came out
- toxik 5y agoInteresting connection to this comment thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28222108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28222108
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- miej 5y agoreminds me of a few old-ish horror movies I've seen, particularly from Japanese cinema, where the concept of a social contagion has been explored a few times. eg: Infection https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection_(2004_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infection_(2004_film) or Suicide Circle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Club_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Club_(film) to name a few.
- xtiansimon 5y agoFor those of us who subscribe, these are called memes