{"id":117825,"date":"2018-09-24T09:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T08:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=117825"},"modified":"2018-09-24T09:40:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T08:40:50","slug":"five-things-the-circle-cipr-gdpr-evan-davis-cathay-paciic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/five-things-the-circle-cipr-gdpr-evan-davis-cathay-paciic\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Things: The Circle, CIPR, GDPR, Evan Davis & Cathay Paciic"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s Five Things covers a week of news (see what we did there?). We have a new social media warning, a new President-Elect, a new development in GDPR, a new presenter for Radio 4\u2019s PM and a new job for the plane paint shop.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Circle<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Is it another naff reality show or a comprehensive comment on modern society? Possibly both. The Circle sees a group of people isolated in their own flat within a block, only able to communicate through a social network called \u2018The Circle\u2019. While the personalities are loud<\/strong>, and some of the interface action quite annoying (the shouting at the \u2018voice-recognition\u2019 system, which is clearly an intern typing what\u2019s being said, is quickly grating), there\u2019s definitely an interesting point being made about social media and its role in modern life.<\/p>\n

Not everyone is being themselves \u2013 for example, there is a gay man pretending to be straight, a man pretending to be a woman using his girlfriend\u2019s pictures and an ad exec pretending to be an oncologist. All of it is being done in the name of being the most popular to win a prize, with regular star-ratings from the other Circle users (oh hi Black Mirror!). It\u2019s hard to watch this without thinking about your own social media use, thinking you \u2018know\u2019 people online \u2013 and, inevitably, drawing parallels with the frequent \u2018scandals\u2019 hitting the influencer marketing industry. In an age of FAKE NEWS, \u2018for the Gram\u2019 and catfishing, The Circle may be just what everyone needs as a reminder that we really don\u2019t know who\u2019s behind the avatar.<\/p>\n

And if you still doubt whether Channel 4 are using The Circle to troll social media every night for three weeks, check out the retweets of Ian Katz, director of programmes at Channel 4 (including some colourful language):<\/p>\n

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#TheCircle<\/a> is fascinating and car crash tv all at the same time. Feels so wrong but I can’t look away.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Skyler ? (@Georgeeyfs) September 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n