Les réseaux sociaux, outil de sociabilité ou d’exclusion

[Music] [Applause] [Music] So, the question for tonight is whether social networks are a factor in sociability or, on the contrary, in exclusion. But the scientist in me can only answer both, Captain, because it's clear that on the one hand, these digital social networks—and I'm emphasizing that social networks have always existed since antiquity—there are examples like

the family, which is a social network, and corporations, which are social networks. But digital social networks, that is to say, Facebook, Twitter, and so on, both promote sociability because you can have a huge number of friends. The number of friends you can have on Facebook is extraordinary. There are cases of young women who invited

their friends to their birthday party, and there were 15,000 people at the door. So, we can see it's a very important factor in building networks. It's also a point of sociability because you can meet people you would never have met otherwise. I'm thinking of something that's always very amusing: the legendary dating sites... Meeting people in real

life is rare, but thanks to these social networks, you can meet many people you would never otherwise meet. However, it's clear that alongside these advantages, there are disadvantages. The disadvantage is that by constantly searching for friends far away, you can forget to have some closer to home. And there's always the joke about having 200

friends on Facebook, only two of whom helped me move. But there's also another aspect: by being constantly on your device, you forget to see what's around you. So you see people who are sightseeing, for example, who, instead of looking at their surroundings, are busy sending and receiving messages. So, in conclusion, I would say that digital social networks