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- 1. Emma Grimes- Sub-Edited Article The parts in red with highlighter have been edited. Social Media is used worldwide for purposes including; promoting artists to educating and informing users, from communicating with family and friends, to being a form of entertainment to pass the time. Produced by Emma Grimes, Gemma McDougall and Zainab Khalil, this documentary aims to explore the effects of social media on a person’s everyday life. Social media plays an active part in 2.2 billion peoples lives, with over 12 new active mobile social users added every second. The one-hour long documentary is a one off airing on BBC Three to enforce the usage of social media on society in both a negative and positive way. It includes exciting interviews with experts; one of which is Mike Pattison, a curriculum leader of social sciences, informing the audience on using social media in the work place and in education – as well as talking to members of the public to discover their understanding and usage of social networking.
- 2. Experts in the documentary praise social media and how it is “An important way of communicating these days.” Along with how it is useful to engage with young people in whatever subject they’re taught. They also become critical of social media, telling us how “People can become almost obsessed” and it is known of students to be “Up all hours of the night” on sites like Facebook. Fronted by Grimes and Khalil, with assistance in editing and producing by McDougall, the show is filmed in and around the local area of Solihull Sixth Form College. Locations include the cafeteria, classrooms and the entrance to the College as well as shots from the local shopping centre of Solihull. Statistical information about how social media is used is included in the documentary, with sources varying from News Reports to Official Statistics (e.g. Youtube). Informative archival footage appears to be from shows such as Doctor Phil and Primetime news broadcasts discussing the addiction of teens to their phones and social networking sites. Grimes voiced: “I loved being part of the documentary and
- 3. finding out how experts used social networking to help with the teaching of students. It was a great team and production to work with and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.” With many documentaries produced and aired on television now, this documentary is a standout show from others distributed today. Many documentaries and news broadcasts try to indulge themselves into the world of social networking but this stands out against the rest as the presenters and producers are members of society who frequently use social media for many reasons. Who better to explain why it’s so popular in the youth than those who experience social media daily?