What is Persuasive Technology and How Does it Work
The Social Dilemma is a 2020 American docudrama film directed by Jeff Orlowski and written by Orlowski, Davis Coombe, and Vickie Curtis. The documentary examines how social media's design nurtures addiction to maximize profit, and its ability to manipulate people's views, emotions, and behavior and spread conspiracy theories and disinformation. The film also examines social media's effect on mental health, in particular, the mental health of adolescents and rising teen suicide rates.The film features interviews with many former employees of social media companies along with academic researchers. Some of the interviews also note that social media platforms and big tech companies have provided some positive change for society as well.
“Ghost work” is powering our technology.
“Ghost work” is powering our technology.
Documentarian Jeff Orlowski does for Facebook what his “Chasing Ice” and “Chasing Coral” did for climate change.
The new Netflix docudrama is a valiant if flawed attempt to address our complacency about surveillance capitalism
Why the Netflix movie falls short as a critique of Silicon Valley
The world is more complicated than filmmakers want to believe.
The Netflix documentary replicates Silicon Valley’s biggest shortcomings.
Social media users are re-evaluating whether they should have accounts on platforms like Facebook and Instagram after a new documentary-drama called "The Social Dilemma" dropped on Netflix.