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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Is Facebook Quittable?

We're talking about a trending desire to get off social media, and what's involved in quitting.
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We're talking about a trending desire to get off social media, and what's involved in quitting.

As Facebook and other big social media networks increasingly treat user information as a commodity - and as these networks are having big impacts on the world stage - many users are looking to quit. Or at least, they're talking about it. We're looking at where the push to quit is coming from and what's involved in getting off these platforms, for good and for ill.

We're joined by Elaine Young, professor of digital and social media marketing at Champlain College.

Broadcast on Monday, January 7, 2019 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
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