Social media is always going to be a dozen steps ahead of you, even when you think you may have cracked the formula for social networking. As most of the world continues to be home-bound, Netflix has placed audiences in the ultimate social dilemma by streaming The Social Dilemma, the latest documentary from Jeff Orlowski. Enter FoucaultWhat would social theorist Michel Foucault — an academic about whom I ranted many a time — think of social media now? The Social Dilemma dissects them into the three goals of engagement, growth and advertising held mutually across Internet companies. By breaking down the goals of these trillion-dollar companies, The Social Dilemma has given us a place to start.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2020 09:33 UTC