The Reflection of The Social Dilemma



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"If we can't find out what is true, we can't find any problem." (1:15:50)


Jeff Orlowski directed The Social Dilemma to discuss the negative impacts of social media. 

Orlowski invited guest speakers who used to work in a social media company. These guests 

provide various opinions of social media, but all opinions relate to how social media

 affects people. This documentary film also introduces a story of a family whose children

 addict to social media very much. According to this story, Orlowski described how people use

 social media to compete for attention. Engagement goal, growth goal, and reverse goal work

 together to control a person's attention in social media. I really like this storyboarding

 technique in this film because it helps me understand the dilemma of social media.


In addition, several research notes were added in this film. I'm impressed about the fact that 

fake news spread quicker than non-fake news. This situation represents the power of social 

media. Social media is good at matching the best content for each person. When one type of

 information spread quicker, an increasing number of people would believe that information.

 This situation sounds like people's fear of being ignored.

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