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Popular
- Why Being Liked Is the Secret to Greater Success and Happiness
- Narrated by: Mitch Prinstein
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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When did you last count how many followers you have on Instagram or Twitter? Have you noticed how obsessed politicians are with opinion polls? How many 'likes' did that post get that you thought was so funny? What's happening with that friend who keeps cancelling on you last minute? What does that little voice in your head say to you when you present to a room full of people? And are you aware just how much your behaviour today is driven by your experiences of popularity as a teenager?
We live in an era that is completely obsessed with popularity, in both the real and, increasingly, the virtual worlds, where hard data from our social media channels show us just how popular and visible we really are. Parents and teachers are becoming increasingly concerned about the high anxiety (especially amongst young girls) surrounding young people and their insatiable appetite for acceptance online - all at the expense of schoolwork, real friends and healthy self-esteem.
Popular is a fresh and fascinating book about the science of popularity. Based on 20 years of research and written by popularity expert Mitch Prinstein, it investigates what popularity is, why we care about it so much - even if we don't think we do - what kind of popularity is worth caring about and how we can get the popularity we want, even if we didn't have it when we were younger. Although very much written for a general audience, the book will also appeal to parents wishing to support children through their formative years to ensure that their experience of popularity today shapes them positively as adults in the future.
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- Anita Fronczak
- 13-09-18
Interesting, useful, very American, a little dry
It was Interesting and useful in understanding yourself. Examples and ways of thinking are very American. A little dry.
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- Miss
- 05-04-22
Interesting but kind of depressing
I liked it overall, the only thing I found a bit confusing was that the author defines two different types of popularity at the start (status and likeableness) but then there are often bits in the book later where it's not clear which of these two he's talking about.
I would be interested to hear if there is research mapping between kids who are 'rejected' and neurotypicalness as a lot of the descriptions of the rejected people sounded like people who are non-neurotypical in one way or another.
It's interesting research that shows we still have a long way to go to being more inclusive and less status obsessed as a society.
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- claire
- 08-04-21
Repetitive
I purchased this book hoping to find useful ways of becoming more likeable but it wasn't to provide that. Really, this books looks at what popularity is, discusses the 2 types and tells you likeability is preferred . I found it repetitive , longwinded and unhelpful.
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