David Baddiel Social Media Anger and Us

This is a thoughtful and mature documentary that considers whether online rage has realworld consequences Baddiel has experienced antisemitic abuse on Twitter where he has 785000 followers He has had brushes with what is called cancel culture and callout culture when users have criticised his use of blackface on TV in the 1990s for which he has apologised He is also a selfconfessed social media addict by which he really means Twitter his primary focus here and selfaware enough to admit that while he feels he needs it to promote his work he also understands that he has a psychological need for an audience and by extension for audience approval