Big tech and social media - 'we behave certain ways to get attention'

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'We behave a certain way to get attention' sweetoblivion26 on her new book about the rise of big tech and its impact on our behaviour.

The debut author discusses growing up with social media, getting harassed on the internet, and becoming “terminally online”.explains how Ireland became the centre for tech multinationals – and how social media has become central to our lives as a result.

“As Instagram developed people wanted to share nice images, people still wanted photos to be beautiful but also have this story.” “We see things emerging and think, ‘I like that way of behaving’, or ‘this way gets me a reaction’, because there’s a virality aspect to these apps too,” she said.

 

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