WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MAN IN A WORLD WHERE AN ALGORITHM CAN SHAPE YOUR IDENTITY, RELATIONSHIPS, AMBITIONS AND BELIEFS
Award-winning journalist Marc Fennell (Stuff The British Stole; ABC Australia, BBC UK & CBC Canada) goes inside the rapidly expanding culture of modern masculinity, meeting the influencers, entrepreneurs, athletes, dating coaches, tech insiders and young men shaping - and being shaped by - the online world.
Immersing himself in the digital spaces where ideas about masculinity spread at extraordinary speed – effectively going undercover online – Marc experiences first-hand how seemingly ordinary content can lead users deeper into increasingly extreme communities and beliefs.
Across three episodes, Marc travels to other countries to meet the people behind these networks in real life, moving from the worlds of fitness, dating and self-improvement to the global manosphere - uncovering why these messages resonate with millions of men, and what happens when purpose, belonging and identity are increasingly framed by virtual communities.
Warm, curious and deeply immersive, The State of Man offers a clear-eyed, deeply human journey into why so many boys and men feel abandoned by the modern world, and what it might take to find a way back.