The Social Dilemma

This week, Emmanuel takes a dive into the Netflix documentary entitled "The Social Dilemma" and grapples with unhealthy attachments to social media. Delete your account....or don't. But at least know what you're into and what's into you while you scroll, click, and like.
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Additional show notes:

Joyful Noise: Janelle Monae's "The ArchAndroid"  https://open.spotify.com/album/7MvSB0JTdtl1pSwZcgvYQX?si=zbgKbqHMQ8qbpgF5mOstVA
Increase Your Lexicon: "Pliable" (adj)
Call & Response: What do you do when you find yourself too involved in social media? Do you log out, suspend your account for a while? Limit your usage? How? What? Let me know what you do...email me at [email protected].

The Social Dilemma via Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224
Surveillance Capitalism https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/surveillance-capitalism Article about surveillance capitalism https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/03/harvard-professor-says-surveillance-capitalism-is-undermining-democracy/
Stay Focused app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stayfocused&hl=en_US&gl=US
Headspace app https://www.headspace.com/
Hootsuite app https://www.hootsuite.com/
A History of Social Media: https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/finding-our-digital-identities-a-history-of-social-media/
Black Mirror episode about social media "Nosedive" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)

No Wednesday is produced, written and edited by Dr. C. Emmanuel Little.

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