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The Social Dilemma

Authored by Joanne Charon

Business

11th - 12th Grade

Used 22+ times

The Social Dilemma
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Tristan Harris, while working for the Gmail team at Google, realized

his team was making something much bigger than they knew at the time.

he would get into legal trouble if he kept developing programs that tracked consumer's personal data.

that their decisions would impact 2 billion people.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Roger McNamee, the biggest companies in Silicon Valley have been in the business of

subscriptions.

selling their users.

software "hacking".

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Aza Raskin, because advertisers, instead of people who use social media, pay for social media platforms, advertisers are the customers and social media users are

freeloaders.

not making their own decisions.

being influenced by advertisers.

the thing that is being sold.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Tristan Harris, "if you are not paying for the product, then

you are the product".

you won't get the product".

the product does not exist".

somebody else will pay for that product."

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The business model for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube is to

manipulate consumers into buying things.

watch the gradual change in user behavior.

keep people engaged on the screen.

connect advertisers with copious amount of user data.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Aza Raskin, what does Facebook do with the data it collects?

Looks for patterns in consumer behavior.

Build models that predict user's actions.

Sells it to the highest bidder.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Tristan Harris, pulling down and refreshing a timeline on your phone is comparable to what addictive activity?

drug use

gambling

drinking alcohol

playing video games

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