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Radio 4,5 mins

What makes food so popular online?

Radio 4 in Four

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Social media is festooned with pictures, recipes, cooking videos and we can't seem to ever get enough. But, is the digital world doing more than getting our mouths watering? Food journalist David Sax and Aleks Krotoski explore how food trends develop and shape our culture and spread on social media. First broadcast on Digital Human, 19 April 2016.

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