Out of Frame
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Video essays that explore the intersection of art, culture, and big ideas written & produced by FEE's Director of Media, Sean W. Malone.
The Social Dilemma Is Dangerously Wrong... Part I
December 3, 2020
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By now, you've probably heard about the The Social Dilemma.
It's a new documentary on Netflix filled with former tech industry insiders who believe that social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram opened a Pandora's Box that's unleashing unspeakable evil on society. And what's really to blame for all this?
Capitalism, of course.
But while the film is full of scary soundbites and melodramatic dramatizations, its mostly a manipulative, one-sided treatment of a complex issue that repeatedly misses the mark by focusing on polemic and hyperbolic catchphrases instead of sound arguments. In the end, it's a deeply flawed film that requires a substantial amount of criticism that's going to take us *two* episodes to unpack.
CREDITS:
Produced by Sean W. Malone
Written by Sean W. Malone
Edited by Arash Ayrom & Sean W. Malone
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
Thanks to Matt Tabor
LINKS:
-- The Social Dilemma --
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-social-dilemma-why-everyone-is-talking-about-netflix-doco/MEU6PMNBIQAQHT367P5VFY3EYE/
https://www.socialsamosa.com/2020/10/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-social-dilemma-facebook/
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/netflix-social-dilemma-freaking-everyone-065959207.html
https://medium.com/swlh/the-social-dilemma-documentary-or-psychological-manipulation-b4a48339dbcd
https://www.humanetech.com/
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/dopamine-smartphones-battle-time/
-- Luddites --
https://www.bustle.com/p/the-feminist-history-of-bicycles-57455
https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/pedaling-path-freedom
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/the-technology-craze-of-the-1890s-that-forever-changed-womens-rights/373535/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/life-without-technology-t_n_4561571
https://fee.org/articles/the-luddites-were-wrong-then-and-theyre-wrong-now/
https://fee.org/articles/the-sharing-economy-won-t-lead-to-mass-unemployment/
https://fee.org/articles/government-targets-the-app-economy/
-- Ad Data --
https://databox.com/average-facebook-ctr
https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2017/02/28/facebook-advertising-benchmarks
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kendall-jenner-pepsi-ad-protests_n_5eda77e6c5b619004bd78899
-- Social Bubbles and Censorship --
https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/facebook-twitter-block-the-post-from-posting/
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/facebook-and-twitters-intervention
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DNC-dism.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/03/17/facebook-deleting-coronavirus-posts-leading-to-charges-of-censorship/#6cc597715962
https://nypost.com/2020/04/20/facebook-bans-anti-quarantine-event-protest-posts-in-mandatory-lockdown-states/
https://www.vox.com/2018/9/14/17857622/twitter-liberal-employees-conservative-trump-politics
https://fee.org/articles/how-i-became-a-casualty-in-the-facebook-twitter-social-media-purges/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/facebook-twitter-limit-controversial-story-about-joe-bidens-son/
-- Social Network Experiments --
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-voter-experiment_n_6094690
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28051930
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2816026/Facebook-fire-experiment-influencing-voting.html
https://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006
