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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode.
For much of the 21st century, our social lives have been shaped, at least in part, on the internet. But in an age of influencers, generative AI, complex algorithms, and politically entangled technocrats, some users say social media is growing less, well, social.
So, is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else? We speak with New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about what happened to social networks, and what their transformation suggests about the future of media.
Producers: Xandra Ellin and Aron Keller
Executive Producer: James Shield
Mix: Travis Evans
Senior News Editor: China Collins
Photo: Social media apps on a phone. Yui Mok/PA
By BBC World Service3.9
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We are away for Christmas, so this is a repeat of a previous episode.
For much of the 21st century, our social lives have been shaped, at least in part, on the internet. But in an age of influencers, generative AI, complex algorithms, and politically entangled technocrats, some users say social media is growing less, well, social.
So, is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else? We speak with New Yorker staff writer Kyle Chayka about what happened to social networks, and what their transformation suggests about the future of media.
Producers: Xandra Ellin and Aron Keller
Executive Producer: James Shield
Mix: Travis Evans
Senior News Editor: China Collins
Photo: Social media apps on a phone. Yui Mok/PA

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