The Second Season of our documentary series. Join german founders. As they explore our digital. Sally starts november twenty fourth w. Share first living in the digital age coming up. Self is. Books on instagram and whimsical machines on vimeo but first addicted to Facebook Snapchat and Similar Digital Services deliberately integrate mechanisms into their software to get users hooked former employees are raising the alarm in
an effort to protect young users. Its recess time to check out the latest pics and videos on platforms like snap chat or instagram. Who think it is not so in our generation is really tied up with the media social media platforms are important to us even at a young age she wouldnt want to miss anything i mean its sort of they take up a few hours of my day in palm maybe three or four hours a day if youre still numb talk so whats the central goal effective nature of social media is not only an issue when us talk shows but around the globe campaigns like that a former google employee Tristen Harris warned us companies are deliberately manipulating youngsters to get them hooked this is bigger and lets me change course really genuinely i one hundred percent believe because if youre going to do you you know i think this is the next essential i absolutely believe that this is not for fun this is not because writing a book or selling soap this is like guys. You dont want an extraction based
economy powered by a plane just against peoples minds winning because it will. Truth about tech is the name of truth about tech ends to raise awareness to the risks of social media and encourages social debate the Campaign Isnt Out with a budget of around six Million Euros some of the money is eminent for educational campaigns and schools like Media Partners all in so sponsoring t. V. Broadcasts to that you know forty three Million Euros. Whats special about the campaign is that the initiators themselves once worked as programmers and developers for facebook or google. Now theyre criticizing what they helped create. Behind the other side of the screen when theyre using it theres a hundred engine ears whose entire job not because theyre evil but their job is to figure out how do i keep you coming back to the products a you tube wants to auto play the next Video Snap Chat wants to put the number of
days in a row and something called the streak next to every Single Person in your kids contacts they say if youve got thirty friends they say heres the number of days in a row youve spent youve sent a message to each friend and it keeps each of them hot. Snapchat strategy certainly seems to be working. But you have those one hundred people that take it really seriously and his Defense Streak starts fading this hourglass pops up and theyll call to say send me a snap our glasses we cant lose our streak for longer. Than a thomas years as a professor at the Addiction Research center in hamburg he found that two point six percent of german youth are affected by what he calls a Social Media Disorder this can impact the whole of society as addiction quickly leads to depression. I didnt like the climate well i dont want to sound too bleak but i see a huge tsunami coming towards us right now and divide to go. Of in fact were
already as an early stage. With the right preventative measures we still have a chance to fight it but we have to use this johns. Aquanauts. At hamburgs Secondary School Media Competence plays a key role a Social Media Officer helps students think about the use of social media and be critical of Large Companies the people dont believe that the company selfregulation already on the scene is a cause i found they have a huge responsibility in that respect because they control it on but i dont think that they would regulate it because things are the way they want it for the. Good this is how they make their money on billions and i dont care if a few hundred thousand kids are addicted. So that because they earn billions off. Facebook unco love boasting about how they connect to people but they dont like talking about how they profit from making sure users stay active on their platforms. Shifts as more social responsibility. And now more networkers digital innovators committed to special projects today game abdulaziz. He was the first arab a sports World Champion and proud of it known as mr dunne the Saudi Arabian man the fifth the interactive world cup in Two Thousand And Fifteen with that he also achieved his goal of making a sport better known in his country its like an evolution because nobody has ever done such a thing i do Everyone Wants a good that i wonder if i walked out they were just asking what is this game and what is it playing and how did we how did we become a Wall Champion that things are delicious asheri post says Gaming Tactics on you tube and adds a commentary in arabic he likes addressing his followers directly and thats received. Well in the community. How. They treat you like
a role model you know they they see Something Like ok we really want to be like the desis one day we want to win trophies you want it over the wall you want to be full fee for gamers and i think thats how they look like but for me i tried to build it i tried to give them some advice i try to motivate them if i wanted to come one at. A large part of the population in saudi arabia is young gaming is a way for them to network and form communities communities that could create change beyond the world of sports. And now digital Plastic Surgery to impress on social media many users retouch their self airs special photo apps pack on more muscle all smooth your skin what impact is this supposed perfection truly have. Anywhere and any time alone together or in every Group Selfies have become part of
our everyday life when people like your picture are there like makes you happy im not against selfies but i dont really love them because i feel like people post them a lot to boost their confidence in school they called me selfie queen because i take selfies every day during each class. The perfect Selfie Platform is instagram over a billion users share their pictures on it and theyre free to stage their lives however they like the photos are not always or frantic especially those of socalled influences they present a seemingly perfect life to their millions of followers and in big through corporations with major brands as they go Media Educationalist Andreas knows a lot about how this apparent perfection can affect youngsters. Imagine the feeling here i am a fourteen Year Old Girl with my own problems and i have to live up to this ideal being presented to me it puts young people under enormous pressure. Many pictures
have been reworked to add a flatter stomach or beefy Arms The Retouch Meowed has been downloaded millions of times its like digital Plastic Surgery the app faced you can even enhanced the details of your face to broaden your smile simply move the slider. These. And the impulses by test the apps abilities. All walls. People doing that changing my face like if you got used to doing that all the time then you would like yourself without it. You know my nose is too big anyway. You know im not sure that looks better if we had a man to be out in the past people in commercials were role models but now its normal amateur people who look at half extensions have a sort of surrounded by perfect looking people and thats ridiculous because its not true nobodys perfect its had kind of perfect. Striving for perfection
can become a problem studies show that beauty ideal circulating on social media can damage ones own self image. When youre not one of your girls or a bit more susceptible but boys are affected too for he was may follow people who go to the gym a lot been a certain body count his combat. I think that walked perceptions play a part you have to be careful you know when i was. Especially when these ideals are fed with Positive Feedback online. Shifts as the wrong role models can make you sick. And now are sure to sweep the ship snapshot. Alice in wonderland on instagram or franz kafka as well famous tell the metamorphosis so far insta stories have mostly been pictures stories now of a new york public life. As experiments on the Photo Platform with texts its
a new approach to spreading literature through social media. More and more classics are being made accessible online this way. Allan poes the raven opens with a haunting and beautiful animation for displaying the text to scroll through. Simply click right for the next page. And left for the previous page and intriguing experiments in presenting old stories a new way and that was our snapshot. If you want more stories from the digital age visit our Facebook Page new digital. Here you can find the latest digital news and trends as well as recommended apps tech gadgets and helpful tutorials as well as episodes of shift the course follow us and tell us what you think is it d w digital on facebook. And as always on
shift we leave through the Exit Internet Find for the week today useful machines is this what the heart of the internet looks like a machine which pumps up the eternal flood of data the fine carps keep on turning in an endless loop transporting trillions of bits and bytes. No theres nothing inside its just a pretty extreme. The Argentinian Molly Studio specializes in elaborate three d. Animation useful machines is the name of the video clip they serve absolutely no purpose but theyre wonderful to look at the one is ours producers know how to use Computer Generated graphics to make technology relaxing. And next week. Sex with
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