Believing is Seeing (2023) - Documentary Movies 10 minutes. . A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick. Doctors have recently identified a concerning trend among young people: tic disorders potentially spread via TikTok videos. For sociologist Dr Robert Bartholomew, an expert in mass psychogenic illness, the trend isn’t surprising, but the potential consequences are alarming. Could the global scope of social media mean we are on the precipice of the world’s largest outbreak of psychogenic illness? sociology, illness, tiktok
Believing is Seeing (2023)
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Released: May 03, 2023
Runtime: 10 minutes
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Crew: Nikhil Madhan (Producer), Sophie Black (Director), Kyle Stoffberg (Graphic Designer), Pepe De Hoyos Ramos (Director of Photography), Kioko Wang (Additional Photography), Luana Barnes (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
A mysterious outbreak of tic disorders among young people leads Dr Robert Bartholomew to question whether social media is making us sick. Doctors have recently identified a concerning trend among young people: tic disorders potentially spread via TikTok videos. For sociologist Dr Robert Bartholomew, an expert in mass psychogenic illness, the trend isn’t surprising, but the potential consequences are alarming. Could the global scope of social media mean we are on the precipice of the world’s largest outbreak of psychogenic illness?
