Social Media And Social Responsibility During Quarantine with Nomuzi Mabena

Jul 1 2020 • 44 mins

With all the pandemic and social issues flaring up around the world, you’re on the internet a lot. It’s a staple in your life for good and being honest, probably not so good reasons. A pro to talk about this today is rapper, artist, on-air personality, style icon, multi-award-winning entertainer, and great friend of Vanessa, Nomuzi Mabena. Nomuzi aka fabulous Moozlie, whose hair matched the roses she had next to her during recording, discusses the details of her very successful anti-drunk driving social media campaign partnered with Volkswagen and Drive Dry. During the COVID-19 lockdown you can’t help but developed new media consumption habits, Vanessa and Nomuzi discuss the pros and cons of media addiction and the effects of what you allow into your life and what influences you. Vanessa and Nomuzi also discuss the tragic death of George Floyd and social media’s influence on the Black Lives Matter movement as well as the life of the woman who filmed George’s death. Socials are a powerful tool, not only for the impact it has on your life, but what the masses can do to the lives of others and global movements. Listen and spend some time thinking over what you’re doing with that power.

2:32 Coronavirus lockdown update
4:03 Quantifying daily social media use
5:16 Social Media dependence
8:12 Nomuzi’s advice to Vanessa
10:16 How does one know when to “unplug?”
12:28 Consuming bad things will make you bad
13:36 The permanence of the internet
14:23 The loudness of negative words
16:02 Nomuzi’s anti-drinking and driving social media campaign https://www.facebook.com/Drivedry/videos/2365006200394371
21:40 The effects of prayer
23:35 The power of unified connection
23:21 The “dark side” of being an “influencer.”
25:39 The importance of having good influences in your life
27:28 People taking social media very seriously
28:19 “Black Twitter” should celebrate Black excellence
29:20 George Floyd and the start of a movement
31:27 The Free State of Jones
33:32 “Two hands” by Maya Angelou
37:45 Social media will influence human behavior more over time
39:46 What’s on the horizon for Nomuzi? https://www.instagram.com/moozlie
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