Generation Like
Generation Like

Generation Like

Are kids using social media or is social media using kids?

7.0(4 votes)
2014
0h 54m
Documentary

Thanks to social media, teens are able to directly interact with their culture - celebrities, movies, brands - in ways never before possible. But is that real empowerment? Or do marketers hold the upper hand? Douglas Rushkoff explores how the teen quest for identity has migrated to the web – and exposes the game of cat-and-mouse that corporations are playing with them.

Cast

Will Lyman

Will Lyman

Narrator (voice)

Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff

Self

Fred Durst

Fred Durst

Self (archive footage)

Tyler Oakley

Tyler Oakley

Self

Bonin Bough

Bonin Bough

Self

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage)

Charles Duhigg

Charles Duhigg

Self

Oli White

Oli White

Self

Louise Pentland

Louise Pentland

Self (archive footage)

Hannah Hart

Hannah Hart

Self (archive footage)

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