Today: Social Dilemma Documentary part 1
Today we will watch the first half of the documentary The Social Dilemma, available on Netflix (coming to SHS Mediacast soon).
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Film Summary
The Social Dilemma is a 2020 American docudrama that explores the rise of social media and the damage it has caused to society, focusing on its exploitation of its users for financial gain through surveillance capitalism and data mining, how its design is meant to nurture an addiction, its use in politics, its effect on mental health (including the mental health of adolescents and rising teen suicide rates), and its role in spreading conspiracy theories such as Pizzagate and aiding groups such as flat-earthers.
There are three distinct settings in the documentary:
- Real people from tech industry discussing social media and their first-hand knowledge/experience.
- A drama used to show an average family and how social media affects them.
- A dark room with three people which simulates the artificial intelligence at play behind the scenes.
Resources
Here is the website for the documentary.
Here is a full unedited transcript of the documentary from the website scraps from the loft, but I also edited down the full transcript to highlight the parts that I felt were the most important. You can see my edited version in 4 parts:
Here is a trailer available on Youtube, embedded below:
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