Smartphones : the dark side.

Hilary Andersson explores the addictive world of social media: why it pulls at us, the insidious nature of "likes", how this technology is designed to manipulate, how apps are designed to be addictive, the stress that this addiction causes, whether smartphone addiction is a real disorder,...

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Other Authors: Raskin, Aza (Speaker), Andersson, Hilary (Narrator), Brown, Ramsey (Speaker), Cheever, Nancy A. (Speaker), Perlman, Leah (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captions in English.
Published: London : BBC Worldwide, 2018.
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Summary:Hilary Andersson explores the addictive world of social media: why it pulls at us, the insidious nature of "likes", how this technology is designed to manipulate, how apps are designed to be addictive, the stress that this addiction causes, whether smartphone addiction is a real disorder, the effect of social media and smartphone on teenagers, and whether regulation is needed for habit-forming technology.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (00:31:11)) : sound, colour
ISBN:9781526494252
1526494256