Monday, December 23, 2024

Thailand's 1st Interscholastic Student Newspaper

The Social Dilemma

Submission Rationale

This simplistic drawing was originally inspired by the renowned documentary "The Social Dilemma". It illustrates
the modern society which has been completely manipulated by the existence of social media and its effects.
Many individuals, so accompanied by the attention received online, shapes their own identity into what they
believe will receive the most likes, shares, or any form of attention. These individuals have then been separated
or drifted away from their original identity which is truly what is representative of themselves.
In the illustration above, it features an individual looking down at their device with thought bubbles from their head.
It is to attention that the upper portion of the head, which is the brain, is not present. This is intentional as I believe it
represents a thought process that is not existence or at its minimum. The individual is so attached to their device where
they only worry about likes, followers, and saved posts as seen in the three separate bubbles.

By : Tavichai (Long Long) Zhang

Raise Your Voice: Exploring Youth Identities Entry