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How your online life looks... in real life

Can I be your friend?

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NOW THAT SOCIAL NETWORKING is a part of our everyday lives, it’s sometimes hard to take a step back and give it all an objective once-over…

Ahead of an English National Opera production on the topic, this clip gives an idea of just how unnerving our lives on Facebook or Twitter would look if they were played out in real life.

And if you have often wondered about the “insidious and overpowering impact that social media has on young people’s minds” as we have (ahem), check out writer Will Self’s musings on that very thought here.

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