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Did social media break a generation — or just change it?

2026-02-20 · 50 min · 11 entities

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concepts 7

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    Did social media break a generation — or just change it?
  • discusses Society & Culture concept
    0.40
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Society & Culture
  • discusses Science concept
    0.40
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Science
  • discusses Social Sciences concept
    0.40
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Social Sciences

companys 4

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    evidence rules-v5
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  • hosted by NPR company
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Episode description as stored
Is tech rewiring childhood or exposing what’s already broken? Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, and a Gen Z advocate debate social media bans, attention and what “fun” looks like off-screen. Guests include social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, youth online safety activist Maximilian Milovidov and author Catherine Price. TED Radio Hour+ subscribers now get access to bonus episodes, with more ideas from TED speakers and a behind the scenes look with our producers. A Plus subscription also lets you listen to regular episodes (like this one!) without sponsors. Sign-up at plus.npr.org/ted . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy