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In 2018, the UK\u2019s Ministry of Loneliness was installed to combat the issue of isolation. Generation Z has been singled out as \u2018the loneliest generation\u2019, with social media\u2019s effects often receiving the blame. Chaired by mental health expert and academic Dr Chris Blackmore from the University of Sheffield, a panel of filmmakers from the 2019 programme, whose films explore the issue of loneliness in a hyper connected world, discuss this very modern phenomena and the complicated relationship between social media and feelings of loneliness.

The session was produced by Lena Nistch.\xa0