Look Up! Reduce Your Screen Time and Reclaim Your Life | Melissa Newman | TEDxPLNU

As humans we have a need for deep connection with one another and this connection is hard to achieve when our attention is divided by the use of mobile devices. This talk examines the physical, social and emotional effects of being tethered to our devices and how true belongingness requires us to put our phones down and look up! Associate Professor, Communication & Theater, Point Loma Nazarene University

Dr. Melissa Newman joined the Communication & Theatre Department in 2015. She has served as a communication professor for the past 14 years at schools in Texas, Nebraska, and California. Newman is personally committed to the mission of PLNU as one who shapes, instructs, and mentors students in a “learning community where grace is foundational, truth is pursued and holiness is a way of life.” She loves teaching, advising students, and mentoring them as they pursue their vocational calling. In 2004, she was awarded the Academic Advisor of the Year at Dallas Baptist University for her excellence and dedication to serving students.

As a communication scholar, Newman is interested in how people use messages to create meaning, interpersonally and within organizations, and how the social influence of communication affects all aspects of public and private life. For her dissertation, she conducted in-depth interviews with Christian young adults across the U.S. to explore how they used Facebook for religious and/or spiritual purposes and if they perceived any satisfaction from doing so. She has also written on the importance of media literacy as it relates to young adult Instagram use and the messages mothers send their children regarding parasocial relationships with Disney princesses.

Prior to working in higher education, Newman worked as a national event planner for two major national ministry conventions, served as an international sales representative for a publishing company, and worked in marketing for a sports news network. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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