The Irish Mail on Sunday

Are you an app addict?

SCREENED OUT NEW SHOW

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Today’s world of gaming apps, Instagram fame and social-media addiction troubles Canadian film-maker Jon Hyatt. With his wife and children, he travels across the world, speaking to doctors, tech insiders, psychologi­sts and marketing experts to explore the harmful effects of our obsession. He discovers an alarming link between the way app developers exploit human weaknesses and the psychology behind the success of arcade slot machines. And with echoes of Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me, Hyatt decides to disconnect himself from all social media. The results are eye-opening… Various platforms, from Monday

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