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Screened Out

Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.

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(keys clicking) (orchestral music) - Screened Out

(keys clicking) (orchestral music)

- Technology companies have been very, very opportunistic - Screened Out

- Technology companies have been very, very opportunistic

- What company can say they have billions of subscribers? - Screened Out

- What company can say they have billions of subscribers?

- And if Mom or Dad is staring at their phone, - Screened Out

- And if Mom or Dad is staring at their phone,

MRI scans, which really show the scan - Screened Out

MRI scans, which really show the scan

(static crackles) - Screened Out

(static crackles)

Although I always enjoyed being active outside - Screened Out

Although I always enjoyed being active outside

I still like being outside, - Screened Out

I still like being outside,

However, I think we may all share the same problem. - Screened Out

However, I think we may all share the same problem.

My entertainment while traveling to work. - Screened Out

My entertainment while traveling to work.

And it's the last thing I see before bed, - Screened Out

And it's the last thing I see before bed,

Just like me, my wife also checks her phone - Screened Out

Just like me, my wife also checks her phone

Being a stay-at-home mom, - Screened Out

Being a stay-at-home mom,

We often chat about our phone use - Screened Out

We often chat about our phone use

People say, "Oh, I'm so addicted to my phone." - Screened Out

People say, "Oh, I'm so addicted to my...

When there's a lull in the conversation, - Screened Out

When there's a lull in the conversation,

Whereas now, if there's a lull, you just check your phone. - Screened Out

Whereas now, if there's a lull, you just check your...

- How annoying is it when, 'cause there's so much stuff - Screened Out

- How annoying is it when, 'cause there's so much...

- Very annoying. (laughs) - Screened Out

- Very annoying. (laughs)

It pulls me away from my work, - Screened Out

It pulls me away from my work,

So what am I looking at? (pensive music) - Screened Out

So what am I looking at? (pensive music)

According to research, 70% of adults - Screened Out

According to research, 70% of adults

80% of those hours logged are on a mobile device. - Screened Out

80% of those hours logged are on a mobile device.

And a recent study shows - Screened Out

And a recent study shows

And my problems focusing may have long-term effects - Screened Out

And my problems focusing may have long-term effects

A study done by Microsoft - Screened Out

A study done by Microsoft

While my boys are very active, - Screened Out

While my boys are very active,

They seem mesmerized, like I seem to be when using them, - Screened Out

They seem mesmerized, like I seem to be when using them,

- The tone and the behavior, as soon as the screen goes on - Screened Out

- The tone and the behavior, as soon as the screen goes on

According to Common Sense Media, children up to age eight - Screened Out

According to Common Sense Media, children up to age eight

What exactly are these devices doing - Screened Out

What exactly are these devices doing

And our kids get to watch us all day long - Screened Out

And our kids get to watch us all day long

We may not be paying attention to them when they need us to. - Screened Out

We may not be paying attention to them when they need us to.

So I decided to hit the road and get some answers - Screened Out

So I decided to hit the road and get some answers

Most people I talked to said they were, quote, - Screened Out

Most people I talked to said they were, quote,

- I would say addiction is a loss of control - Screened Out

- I would say addiction is a loss of control

So it's a loss of control - Screened Out

So it's a loss of control

(soft digital music) - Screened Out

(soft digital music)

Just go to a meeting or go to a restaurant - Screened Out

Just go to a meeting or go to a restaurant

And I think that makes it one - Screened Out

And I think that makes it one

They have the ability to put down their phones. - Screened Out

They have the ability to put down their phones.

But I think these companies are doing everything they can - Screened Out

But I think these companies are doing everything they can

- When we think of addiction, we think of substances, - Screened Out

- When we think of addiction, we think of substances,

That's been true of addiction for centuries, - Screened Out

That's been true of addiction for centuries,

But things have changed, so now addiction can also apply - Screened Out

But things have changed, so now addiction can also apply

And that's what I'm interested in: - Screened Out

And that's what I'm interested in:

That's really where screens come in, because most of those, - Screened Out

That's really where screens come in, because most of...

- I think we're actually being too cautious - Screened Out

- I think we're actually being too cautious

All of the aspects of gambling addiction are present. - Screened Out

All of the aspects of gambling addiction are present.

In fact, those are the exact mechanisms - Screened Out

In fact, those are the exact mechanisms

- [Jon] And this is why checking our smartphones all day - Screened Out

- [Jon] And this is why checking our smartphones all day

In fact, it may not even be the devices, but what's on it. - Screened Out

In fact, it may not even be the devices, but what's on...

Most apps we use have been designed - Screened Out

Most apps we use have been designed

And what these app companies have learned, - Screened Out

And what these app companies have learned,

(slot machine chiming) - Screened Out

(slot machine chiming)

(soft jazz music) And what the heck - Screened Out

(soft jazz music) And what the heck

What keeps people playing them for hours and hours? - Screened Out

What keeps people playing them for hours and hours?

Why don't we stop playing after a win, big or small? - Screened Out

Why don't we stop playing after a win, big or small?

Well, this is because of what psychologists call - Screened Out

Well, this is because of what psychologists call

- Now, you might imagine intuitively - Screened Out

- Now, you might imagine intuitively

You know, you go do something, you get a reward, - Screened Out

You know, you go do something, you get a reward,

- Many years ago, (playful music) - Screened Out

- Many years ago, (playful music)

(rat squealing) (electricity crackling) - Screened Out

(rat squealing) (electricity crackling)

He found, when the pigeon received a reward every time - Screened Out

He found, when the pigeon received a reward every time

However, when the food came randomly, - Screened Out

However, when the food came randomly,

It was the anticipation of the reward - Screened Out

It was the anticipation of the reward

(slot machine tinkling) - Screened Out

(slot machine tinkling)

If you made those machines (unsettling music) - Screened Out

If you made those machines (unsettling music)

So it started with these slot machines, - Screened Out

So it started with these slot machines,

And so, I think, my sense is the hierarchy - Screened Out

And so, I think, my sense is the hierarchy

- [Jon] Every time we remove the devices - Screened Out

- [Jon] Every time we remove the devices

Every like, bit of information, or message is the payoff. - Screened Out

Every like, bit of information, or message is the payoff.

A basic behavioral loop that we are stuck in endlessly. - Screened Out

A basic behavioral loop that we are stuck in endlessly.

Some apps, social networks, and game companies - Screened Out

Some apps, social networks, and game companies

In November 2017, at an Axios event, - Screened Out

In November 2017, at an Axios event,

- That thought process was all about how do we consume - Screened Out

- That thought process was all about how do we consume

And that means that we need to sort of give you - Screened Out

And that means that we need to sort of give you

They're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology. - Screened Out

They're exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.

The inventors/creators - Screened Out

The inventors/creators

Investors and contributors who helped create these products - Screened Out

Investors and contributors who helped create these products

It seemed as though Silicon Valley was growing a conscience. - Screened Out

It seemed as though Silicon Valley was growing a conscience.

Another early ex-senior executive of Facebook, - Screened Out

Another early ex-senior executive of Facebook,

- We wanna psychologically figure out - Screened Out

- We wanna psychologically figure out

We did that brilliantly at Facebook, - Screened Out

We did that brilliantly at Facebook,

We have created tools that are ripping apart - Screened Out

We have created tools that are ripping apart

- [Jon] Even the inventor of the Like button - Screened Out

- [Jon] Even the inventor of the Like button

- My name is Nir Eyal, and, a few years ago, - Screened Out

- My name is Nir Eyal, and, a few years ago,

He shed some light on how companies are brain-hacking - Screened Out

He shed some light on how companies are brain-hacking

- Right, I was in the video gaming and advertising industry, - Screened Out

- Right, I was in the video gaming and advertising industry,

And so I kinda put these lessons I had gleaned - Screened Out

And so I kinda put these lessons I had gleaned

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Filmmaker John Hyatt talks to kids, parents and experts about the impact and chilling consequences of constant smartphone screen time in today's world.

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Director: Jon Hyatt

Writer: Jon Hyatt, Karina Rotenstein

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Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 54/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

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Released: 26 May 2020

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