This documentary explores the effects of social media on everyday life, as social media plays an active part in the lives of 2.2 billion people, with over 12 new active mobile social users added every second. The one-hour documentary airs on BBC Three and examines both the negative and positive impacts of social media on society. It includes interviews with experts such as a curriculum leader who discusses using social media in education. While experts praise social media's usefulness, they also note it can become obsessive and cause students to be online late at night.

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?