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BurnCast • 9 Nov 2017

MiniMeme Podcast #10: The sombre sides of social media

By Julia Breakey

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Welcome to MiniMeme, the biweekly podcast about anything that tickles the Burn Media junior staff’s fancy!

On today’s episode, Julia Breakey and Daniel Mpala sit down and talk the sombre sides of social media — including the psychological manipulation, distraction techniques, and the ways it forces you to stay logged in.

But, like, in a chipper way.

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