# Are You Using Social Media or Being Used By It? - Study Hacks - Cal Newport

<http://calnewport.com/blog/2017/10/02/are-you-using-social-media-or-being-used-by-it/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Newport coins the term "social media industrial complex" and I love it. Good article to highlight the tricks and techniques that social media platforms use to capture your attention and not give it back.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT22: Weekly Thing for October 7, 2017](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/22/), Links 📌

## Same host

- [From Tools to Tool Uses - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/87399bfa66fe/) (calnewport.com, February 3, 2017)
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- [Mike Rowe on Efficiency versus Effectiveness - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/13f769873ffa/) (calnewport.com, June 8, 2017)
- [Spend More Time Alone - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e9dfdf5a5697/) (calnewport.com, September 24, 2017)
- [Beyond Black Box Management - Study Hacks - Cal Newport](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/617a54708241/) (calnewport.com, April 26, 2018)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://calnewport.com/blog/2017/10/02/are-you-using-social-media-or-being-used-by-it/