Canada / May 03, 2023
Is Social Media Making You Sick?
10min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick. Doctors have recently identified a concerning trend among young people: tic disorders potentially spread via TikTok videos. For sociologist Dr Robert Bartholomew, an expert in mass psychogenic illness, the trend isn’t surprising, but the potential consequences are alarming. Could the global scope of social media mean we are on the precipice of the world’s largest outbreak of psychogenic illness?
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Believing is Seeing |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | New Zealand |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Loading Docs |
| Official site | shortoftheweek.com |
| Release date | 3 maggio 2023 |
| Executive producer | Julia Parnell, Juliette Veber |
| Production | Nikhil Madhan |
| Writer | Sophie Black |
| Editing | Mike Ogle, Joss Hardman, Julian Dyson |
| Cinematography | Pepe De Hoyos Ramos, Kioko Wang |
| Assistant directors | Sophie Black |
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| Camera operators | Pepe De Hoyos Ramos, Kioko Wang |
| Additional photography | Kioko Wang, Pepe De Hoyos Ramos |
| Production design | Kyle Stoffberg |
| Art direction | Kyle Stoffberg |
| Set decoration | Kyle Stoffberg |
| Visual effects | Luke Toth |
| Music | Tomas Iglesias, Luana Barnes, Shamir Rodriguez |
| Sound | Luana Barnes, Shamir Rodriguez, Tomas Iglesias |
| Costume design | Anna Black |
| Makeup | Anna Black |
| Hairstyling | Anna Black |
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