A brief history of media panics

A brief history of media panics | BBC Ideas

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Are you worried you're addicted to your phone and social media? Believe it or not, there was a time when people worried about the addictiveness of novels, comic books, the radio and landlines. Brendan Miller explores "media panics" - the history of panics of new forms of media.
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@ican6635 4 жыл бұрын

Yesssss!! Random KZfaq browsing keeps me away from study I don't know who to blame for Me, KZfaq or both.

@MrMarkcooldude 4 жыл бұрын

6:35 _" I think it's fine to be concerned, because it's kind of an indication that you take responsibility. But I _*_think there's a difference in being concerned and panicking, because if you panic, you can't think_*_ "_ Point to be highlighted🙌 💯

@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын

😀

@arpitkumar4525 3 жыл бұрын

That chicken tho 😂

@asishrajs.r9320 4 жыл бұрын

Kudos to the entire team in making these wonderful bytes.Very interesting perspective.

@linkrouge105 Жыл бұрын

Quick hello from Fance here. Your video made it to our english program congratulations XD

@sneakyfox4651 3 жыл бұрын

Local urban legend: Many years ago when telephones were upright boxes with a manual ringer to contact the telephone central swithcboard operartor to ask for a number, a blacksmith got so tired from his wife yakking hours on end, nor cleaning or cooking, that he attached 5 pounds of lead to the telephone handle so that the wife would shorten her calls significantly.

@goldbrodidoggo 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant perspective

@anaballano5595 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Addiction is part of human nature. Human beings and possibly animals too, can get addicted to anything that makes them feel good and happy. Not everybody gets addicted to the same things. Love is also an addiction.

@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Ana - thanks for your comment. We have another video all about addiction which you might be interested in: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qq9hY5eS2ZjNoac.html

@goldbrodidoggo 4 жыл бұрын

I'm addicted to cute animals

@kamu747 2 жыл бұрын

This was great.

@rajendrakhanvilkar9362 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@bbcideas 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and glad to hear you enjoyed it!

@avanijain5114 3 жыл бұрын

My father is still worried of me reading books🤷‍♀️

@arpitkumar4525 3 жыл бұрын

As a young person who does not follow memes rigourously, that "I know memes" gave me a mini heart attack

@lkeke35 2 жыл бұрын

And before radio it was thought that reading romance novels destroyed women’s brains! People can panic about anything. Romance novels, comic books, radio, disco, rap music, tv, horror movies….