Generation Like (2014)

02/18/2014 (US) • Documentary • 54m

Are kids using social media or is social media using kids?

Overview

Thanks to social media, teens are able to directly interact with their culture - celebrities, movies, brands - in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers hold the upper hand? Douglas Rushkoff explores how the teen quest for identity has migrated to the web – and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with them.

Generation Like (2014)

02/18/2014 (US) • 54m

Documentary

Are kids using social media or is social media using kids?

Overview

Thanks to social media, teens are able to directly interact with their culture - celebrities, movies, brands - in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers hold the upper hand? Douglas Rushkoff explores how the teen quest for identity has migrated to the web – and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with them.

Top Billed Cast

Narrator (voice)

Douglas Rushkoff

Self

Self (archive footage)

Self

Self

Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage)

Self

Self

Louise Pentland

Self (archive footage)

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

internet

youtube

twitter

social media

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