2018-11-30

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BrainCraft

"Never before has a handful of people working at a tech companies been able to steer the thoughts and feelings of a billion people." - Tristan Harris

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We’re in the middle of an Attention War – where big tech battle it out to win over our eyeballs. Our attention spans are considered a precious—and scarce—commodity. So what is the price of your attention? In this mini-series, we'll explore the psychology, design and impact of tech and social media on both ourselves and society. A new episode will be released every Friday for the next six weeks.

This week we explore Facebook's impact on society – how it's changed mass grief and other social norms. Many thanks to Zeynep Tufekci, Amber Westerholm-Smyth and Makenna for their contributions to this episode.

BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.

This mini-series was created by:

Vanessa Hill - Director, Presenter, Co-Producer

Margie Bryant - Producer

Aline Jacques - Post Producer

Bahar Gholipour - Associate Producer

Dominique Taylor - Editor

Stephen Boyle - Legal and Business Affairs

James Hutson - Animator

Field Producers - Bahar Gholipour, Georgia Quinn, Mehrnaz Farahmand

Crew - Finn Boyle-Moore, Jacques Lang, Tim Oxford, Trace Dominquez, Alex Rapine, Andy Kulikowski, Angelina Bruno

John Hresc - Sound Mix

Andrew Arbuthnot - Investment Manager, Screen Australia

Adam Dylewski - Programming Director, PBS Digital Studios