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EPISODE · Apr 11, 2025 · 44 MIN

What are teenagers actually seeing on their phones?

from Search Engine · host PJ Vogt

A group of teenagers agrees to allow a filmmaker to record the things they do on their phones for a year-long experiment. To see the world they see through their phones, to encounter their algorithms. The results are honest, at times pretty upsetting, and tell us a lot about the internet that Gen-Z finds itself on. In the middle of our big, confusing, national argument about teenagers and their phones, a few answers.Lauren Greenfield's documentary series, Social StudiesSearch Engine merchSupport the show at searchengine.show

A group of teenagers agrees to allow a filmmaker to record the things they do on their phones for a year-long experiment. To see the world they see through their phones, to encounter their algorithms. The results are honest, at times pretty upsetting, and tell us a lot about the internet that Gen-Z finds itself on. In the middle of our big, confusing, national argument about teenagers and their phones, a few answers.Lauren Greenfield's documentary series, Social StudiesSearch Engine merchSupport the show at searchengine.show

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