The Social Dilemma Film Questions

** Remember as you watch the film, to also use your critical thinking question
guide as a resource to examining the film itself and the content it is
discussing**

1. The opening scene of the film shows a dramatization of a family's

interaction with social media. What do you think the purpose of this
scene is?

The girl is so addicted to her phone that she would isolate herself from her
family, the mom seemed to have gotten her the phone Because her other
classmates had one.

2. There is a scene that visualizes how social media algorithms work by

personifying them as AI agents. What do these scenes tell us about
the way that algorithms function?

They build a model of us and would take our information and target us
with ads that get us to stay on the internet

3. In the scene where Tristan Harris and the other ex-Silicon Valley
employees demonstrate how apps use push notifications to
manipulate users, what was your reaction? Did it make you reflect
on your own app usage?

It seemed shocking for a split second, but then it seems like I had already
expected it since ai are getting more advanced.

4. The film addresses social media’s role in the increase in youth mental
health concerns. What are thoughts on this? Should social media
companies be held more responsible for regulating their platforms
and usage?
Yes and no, I think they should be held somewhat responsible. But we
should have figure a way to regulate our time of using social media.

5. The film addresses the role of social media in spreading

misinformation, and social media’s role in political polarization. How
did this scene contribute to your understanding of the problem of
fake news, misinformation and algorithms that impact what media
you see?

The media we see might not be what others see, when we think
people are stupid for such an obvious reason, we don’t realise that
they probably don’t see the same information

6. The film concludes with a call to action. How well did this scene leave
you with a sense of purpose and a desire to make positive changes
in your digital habits or advocate for change? What do you feel that
social media are responsible for in regards to creating change?
What are individual users' responsibilities?

I don’t think that people would agree, I as a person is someone who is

addicted to being online. As long as people find their way to regulate
themselves with social media, it’s hard to break old habits. But people with
an addiction with being online will struggle with a ‘positive change’. I
believe as of right now I have a somewhat healthy habit of being online
and it was a major change to what I was doing before.