Nosedive: Summary and Response Essay

You are going to write a summary and response essay while referring to secondary sources correctly.

We may have worked with summarizing and responding to e.g. TED Talks in the past as an exercise, but this time we are going to write a proper summary and response essay. This will be based on the Black Mirror episode called "Nosedive" which has a rather thought-provoking and relevant theme for us to reflect over and discuss, especially since similar systems are becoming reality.

As always, this text will be written in accordance with the provided guidelines, and I want to see your best work.

Also, in order to understand a relevant context outside of the social media implications go ahead and read this article: https://nordic.businessinsider.com/china-social-credit-system-punishments-and-rewards-explained-2018-4 which will help you have something to chew on in your response section (and have a secondary source to refer to).

Perhaps this could help as well:

http://time.com/5357262/snapchat-plastic-surgery/

 

Maybe even this could be useful:

https://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-to-your-brain-like-instagram-dopamine-2017-3

 

Any other ideas you have are welcome as long as they are relevant.

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Nosedive: Summary Response Essay

After watching the Black Mirror episode called Nosedive, you will write a summary and response essay by following the attached guidelines. Be sure to refer to secondary sources in a correct manner while writing your response paragraphs.