Curious About How Social Media Works? — Watch These 5 Movies.
The greatest education is often wrapped in entertainment.
Let’s face it, sometimes, especially after a long day, we all need to curl up on the couch and watch a movie (or three, if it’s the weekend)
But, if you are going to indulge in a movie marathon, why not learn something from it?
Below, are our Top 5 movies that depict valuable lessons we should learn from Social Media & the Internet as a whole…
The Social Dilemma — Docudrama
The Social Dilemma is a 2020 American docudrama
Among other themes, the documentary looks at how Social Media manipulates people’s views, emotions and behaviours. It examines how the design of Social Media is to nurture addiction and how in turn, this affects mental health, especially in adolescents.
The film includes interviews with professionals from Social Media platforms such as Facebook, Google, Twitter and Mozilla and in these interviews, the interviewees touch on how these platforms have impacted the spreading of fake news. And also how the platforms have caused negative Social, Political & even Cultural consequences
Clickbait — Mini-Series
Clickbait is a 2021 Netflix Miniseries.
The show delves into the dangers of social networking and how people portray themselves online.
It also explores themes such as doxing, catfishing and the ways dangerous & uncontrolled impulses are fueled in the age of social media and reveals the ever-widening fractures between virtual and real-life personas.
Doxing is the act of revealing someone’s sensitive information online. Hackers use doxing to harass, threaten, or get revenge on others.
Catfishing is when someone sets up a fake online profile to trick people who are looking for love, usually to get money out of them
Don’t F**k With Cats — Documentary
“Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer,” is a Netflix Documentary
The 3 part horrifying yet so thrilling documentary is about a group of Facebook “sleuths” attempting to track down a Montreal native arrested for the killing and dismembering of Jun Lin in 2012.
The series begins in a really dark part of the internet: where a video of a young man who has two small kittens, kills them on camera and the video begins to circulate.
The documentary depicts in detail the part society plays in what serial killers are looking for — fame, notoriety, and infamy
Don’t F**k with Cats explores how the internet can both reveal and disguise who we really are, as well as how it’s a tool for magnifying and spreading vile actions and thoughts.
The Social Network — Drama Film
The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film.
The film is adapted from Ben Mezrich’s 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, and it portrays the founding of the Social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits.
If you are curious about how Facebook (Metaverse), now one of the biggest, if not THE BIGGEST Social Media Platform came about, this is a definite must-watch.
The Tinder Swindler — Documentary
Tinder Swindler is a Netflix Documentary that looks into the Ponzi Scheme by Scammer Shimon Hayut aka Simon Leviev.
Simon, who during his reign of terror would con hordes of women more than US$10 million, pretended to be the child of Lev Leviev, an Israeli billionaire involved in the diamond industry.
Among other themes, the Tinder Swindler covers Catfishing. It also looks at how Social Media seems to be draining the intelligence of its users and making them slaves of chasing the fast life.
From manipulation, control by lying, cheating, recklessly destroying lives, and stealing, Simon Leviev, in this True Story depicts everything that is wrong with Social Media today
Facebook, was created by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 in order to connect Harvard students with one another…
Twitter, created by Jack Dorsey, was to enable text messaging to have a cross-platform capacity, work on phones, computers, and other devices.
Instagram, launched by Kevin Systrom in 2010, was because of his love of photography.
All the above platforms were created from someone’s love of something, and they were also created to bring the global village together and offer the free flow of information. However, the platforms which were created out of love, have been turned into a toxic environment that has created monsters like cyberbullying
Twitter has become a vile platform when people use their anonymity to abuse and harass others while Facebook and Instagram have become vehicles in which people live fake lives.
Dating sites have become home to perverts and sexual predators.
Can we go back to the days when these sites used to bring people closer together or are we too far gone?
What role are you playing in making Social Media better for the next person?
