Smartphones: The Dark Side

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RedPanda
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Smartphones: The Dark Side

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Finally managed to catch this on iPlayer and watched as a family. A little dry (this is Panorama after all) but interesting nonetheless. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b9dzb6
People are all increasingly glued to their smart phones and consumed by social media, but why? Panorama reporter Hilary Andersson tracks down tech insiders who reveal how social-media companies have deliberately developed habit-forming technology to get people hooked. A former Facebook manager tells the programme: 'Their goal is to addict you and then sell your time' and the creator of the 'like' button warns of the dangers of social-media addiction. Panorama investigates the science behind the lure of technology, and shows how behavioural science has been used to keep people endlessly checking their phones.
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