The Social Dilemma was an eye opening film that broadcasted the reality in which humans live obsessed with technology. Also, the perspectives of people who left high ranking positions from social media apps such as Google, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to give their warnings of social media on the society and experience with working with those companies. This film expressed the dramatization of our reality with a family struggling with their social media usage. It was designed to sound the alarm about the dangers of social media. They implicate social media and a number of societal problems. For example, the propagation of misinformation including the promotion of conspiracy theories, political polarization, mental health consequences. The film focused a lot on addiction and they looked at the anxiety and depression with girls, data of privacy and targeted advertising including using the term surveillance capitalism.
The overall message at the end of the film was to be aware about the potential dangers of technology use to consider reducing the amount of time on social media. The information given throughout created an interesting claim that the documentary makes that social media somehow caused or greatly contributed to this trend of misinformation. I think the truth is the social media makes spreading misinformation easier and more efficient, but the lack of critical thinking skills is the real problem. Many people have trouble discerning between legitimate and illegitimate sources of information. I think social media technology has simply accelerated a problem that was already there. Conspiracy theories were everywhere before the internet and before the widespread use of social media usage. This technology is simply making it so that we have to face this problem and we need to address the critical thinking epidemic.
However, more people need to be aware of social media’s negative affect and be willing to make the change to decrease the screen time and find other activities to use their time instead of scrolling. I personally know how hard it is with taking social media hiatuses only to end up browsing on the internet browser for Facebook after deleting the app. Simply put, social media is addicting, but I believe there will come a time where we find the balance for our sanity for humanity’s sake.
Five things I think are positive about my generation ‘Generation Z’ are that we are very rebellious, outspoken, health driven, entertaining and ambitious.
Five things I think are negative about my generation ‘Generation Z’ are that we can be unfocused/distracted, immature, imperious, impatient and eccentric.
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I agree with you Jordan. The courage it takes to go on a social media hiatus is hard but possible. The problem is that once you start going back on your social media accounts you are stuck and it very easy to be on your phone for hours trying to catch up on all of the information you missed and that is a lot. One of the hardest parts on being on a hiatus is that you are the only one doing it while everyone else is consumed in their phones and that can be tempting for you to do the same.
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I love what you said about decreasing your screen time in order to take a shot back at these social media platforms that have been brainwashing us literally. I too know that it can be extremely hard to decrease your screen time, but if you were to decrease it as little as an hour or thirty minutes a day it could really help you.
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