The Psychological Tricks Keeping You Online

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We take a look at persuasive design – and how good design persuades you every single day. When it comes to technology this can have some pretty big impacts of keeping us hooked to our devices. Should navigating this be your responsibility? Or should we call for more ethical design?

EPISODE THREE OUT NOW:    • How One Company Redefined Social Norms  

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.

Thank you to Jaron Lanier and Nir Eyal for lending their expertise to this episode.

If you're after further reading, check out Jaron Lanier's Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now: https://amzn.to/2S5tprW
And Hooked by Nir Eyal: https://amzn.to/2DDEAUQ

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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