One of the clearest examples is appearing in schools
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Futurism recently reviewed numerous videos filmed with smart glasses inside middle and high schools and posted to social media. The publication reported that teen boys were recording classmates, with girls frequently becoming the targets of harassment, unwanted attention and humiliating encounters.
That is more than another version of cyberbullying.
The possibility of online attention can become the motivation for the encounter itself.
A student wearing recording glasses can approach a girl, say something provocative, continue after she signals that she wants the interaction to end and capture the entire episode from his own point of view.
Then comes the second humiliation: the footage can be uploaded for an audience.
The incentives of social media make the problem even worse. Ordinary conversations are unlikely to generate enormous engagement. Awkwardness, conflict, embarrassment and outrage often do.
When attention becomes currency, provoking a stronger reaction can become part of the content strategy.
Schools are therefore offering an early glimpse of a much larger cultural problem.
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