Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Given that the internet delivers so much video content, it’s worth recognizing why such content can be so powerful. Studies have shown that when we watch our people—even on a computer screen—we connect with their emotional states. Depending on what we are watching, this can be either helpful or problematic.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Given that the internet delivers so much video content, it’s worth recognizing why such content can be so powerful. Studies have shown that when we watch our people—even on a computer screen—we connect with their emotional states. Depending on what we are watching, this can be either helpful or problematic.
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
