Social media, phone addiction focus of movie, panel talk

Social media’s grip on the public continues to tighten, for better or worse. Dealing with both was the topic Monday during Drug Free Comfort’s showing of a documentary featuring the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of social media.

The movie “LIKE” examined the impact social media — primarily through cellphone use — is having on society, particularly youth. Panelists addressed the movie and fielded questions from about two dozen people gathered Monday in the Lobby Coffee Shop in Comfort.

One aspect of the film discussed by the panelists involves social media and its algorithms, which have created and developed an addiction to their platforms, with users “becoming the product.”