Seven Digital Deadly Sins

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Seven Digital Deadly Sins
Produced by National Film Board of Canada

Seven Digital Deadly Sins is a 2014 web documentary, produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and The Guardian , which explores online behaviour according to the traditional seven deadly sins. It features video confessions by such artists and celebrities as Newfoundland comedian Mary Walsh, Billy Bragg, novelist Gary Shteyngart, comic Josie Long, musician Bill Bailey and writer Jon Ronson. The interactive site also allows users to absolve or condemn various digital "sins" of the day. The site was created in collaboration with Jam3 and produced for the NFB by its Digital Studio in Vancouver, with Loc Dao as executive producer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Seven Digital Deadly Sins received three People's Voice Awards, chosen by the public online, at the 2015 Webby Awards. [5]

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References

  1. Hu, Elise (9 June 2014). "'Digital Deadly Sins': The Morality Of Our Digital Obsessions". NPR. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. Johnston, Casey (10 June 2014). ""Digital deadly sins" project calls out porn, Instagram vanity, stalking". Ars Technica. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. "Interactive documentary explores 'Seven Digital Deadly Sins'". Metro. The Canadian Press. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  4. Ravindran, Manori (9 June 2014). "NFB, Guardian explore digital "Sins" with interactive doc". Reelscreen. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  5. "" Seven Digital Deadly Sins » gagne trois fois aux prix Webby 2015". Le Lien Multimedia (in French). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.