This 27-minute documentary examines both the positive and negative aspects of social networking. It includes interviews with social media users, app developers, and psychologists. The documentary presents statistics on the popularity of social media and explores how it can be used to connect people and organize events. However, it also looks at the downsides, such as cyberbullying, privacy issues, and the impact of social media on mental health. Through a variety of interviews and examples, the documentary aims to provide a balanced perspective on the complex effects of social networking.

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Documentary: The ‘Un’Social Network
Channel: Channel 4
Scheduling: January 16th 2014 - 8:30pm to 9pm
Duration: 27 minutes (including advert break)
Over shoulder shots of people on computer/iPhone using social networks and close up of screens whilst
voiceover introduces topic using statistic of how popular social networking is
Opening titles – montage of ‘free WiFi’ and ‘add us on Facebook’ signs
Interview with app company staff explaining how their business uses social networking to their advantage
– cutaways of staff working on developing apps
Voiceover explaining how social networking can be used to organise events and bring people together –
screengrab of Facebook event page and footage from event play in the background
Montage of negative stories, narrator brings in the other side of perspective uses statistics of suicides
Interview with psychology teacher on effects of cyber bullying – cutaways to screen grabs of someone using
sites like ask.fm
Montage of YouTube clips, discussing the argument between the good and bad points and clip of interview
with a student who doesn’t use networks
Interview with app company discussing business and how it links to social networking – cutaways to ‘Follow
us on Twitter’ ‘Like us on Facebook’ signs
Interview with college student on the positives of social networking – how/why/how often they use it cutaways to people using networks on their phones
Voice over discusses statistics (perspective A – the positive side) whilst montage of screen grabs of
follower/subscriber/like counts play in the background – reconstruction of someone clicking a ‘follow’ or
‘like’ button on a social networking site – voiceover continues onto next frame
Reconstruction of someone downloading app/making a social network account – voiceover discusses statistics
Back to interview w/ college student – how it affects everyday life – accessibility, cutaways to people using it
in college
Selection of vox pops with people’s answer to what they think are the good points of social networking –
cutaway shot to a ‘Free WiFi’ sign and a cut to a reconstruction of someone using the WiFi on a laptop in a cafe
Title sequence – person typing the name of the documentary on Twitter
ADVERT BREAK
Title sequence – person typing the name of the documentary on Twitter
Montage of both perspectives ends on Cyberbullying story – voice over discusses perspective B
Interview w/ a family member of a victim of Cyberbullying and how it affected their life - cutaways to pictures
of the victims
Student interview on social networking – Perspective B – the negative sides – why they don’t use it
Vox pops on bad points of social networking – privacy, Cyberbullying, fraud
Screen shots of news stories whilst psychology teacher interview audio plays in the background
Vox pops ‘opinions on Cyberbullying’- more cutaways to ask.fm screen grabs and images of newspaper stories
about the most extreme examples of Cyberbullying
Collection of YouTube videos in grid with different audios as voiceover comes in “however….” Leads into
perspective A
Interview with YouTube blogger Troye Sivan – details of how he achieved his fame through social networking
Archive footage of Troye Sivan ‘social networking’ video – w/ interview audio playing over the top
Continue interview with Troye Sivan – how he uses social networking, his opinions, etc
Interview with band The Vamps audio plays – cut aways of live performances, YouTube videos, meeting fans
Archive of Emma Blackery’s Google + song (first 30 secs of the song – small amount of censoring)
Interview with YouTuber/Singer/Songwriter BriBry – with cutaway shots of live performances and music
videos
Montage with ending conclusion – “social networking can be good and bad but we’d be lost without it…”
Ending credits
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