Panorama S2018E21: Smartphones: The Dark Side

  • Aired: 2018-07-04
  • Time: 19:00:00
  • Runtime: 30 minutes
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Overview

As people become increasingly glued to their smart phones, reporter Hilary Andersson tracks down tech insiders who reveal how social-media companies have deliberately developed habit-forming technology to get people hooked, and investigates the science behind the lure of technology, showing how behavioural science has been used to keep people endlessly checking their phones.