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Lauren Greenfield - “Social Studies” & Coming of Age in a Social Media World | The Daily Show

2025-07-10 Comedy
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Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Lauren Greenfield and Ronny Chieng dive into the effects of social media on teens, which she explores firsthand in her latest docu-series, “Social Studies.” She shares how she built up enough trust with the teenage documentary subjects to record their phone activities and how their discussion group highlighted kids’ hunger for in-person conversation and connection with their peers. Greenfield also discusses the unique duality of technology as both a “lifeline and a loaded gun” and how parents, companies, and governments need to do more to protect young people from the harms of social media by regulating the algorithm, withholding phones until kids are older, and implementing time limits on apps. #DailyShow #LaurenGreenfield #SocialMedia Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: http://www.paramountplus.com/thedailyshow Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program analyzing the biggest stories in news, politics, and culture through a sharp, satirical lens. The Daily Show redefined the late night show category on TV and, with an audience of over 51M across social media platforms, has become a launching pad for some of the biggest stars in entertainment. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Top Comments (10)

@jamesbatcho 2025-07-10

Why can't anybody just say it? "The problem is unregulated capitalism."

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@paddlr5000 2025-07-10

Politicians rabbiting on about trans kids when they should be focusing on the immense harms of social media

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@JamesG1880 2025-07-10

5:39 it’s expounded. As a teacher, the students whose parents obviously let them have more freedom on social media (3rd grade..) they influence the other students.. they dress differently and act differently and make the fewer that don’t have that access to tiktok etc feel bad.. my girl students have body positivity issues when they’re not even close to what they’ll look like as a woman.. and my boy students think they have to be allstar athletes or else they’re lame.. It breaks my heart and I try to encourage them to just be who they are bc they’re all always great people in their own unique way.. but they don’t see that, they see tiktok..

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@Ethel717-z7u 2025-07-10

So grateful adults are finally waking up to the horrific truth about kids and social media. The societal impact is so enormous and will haunt at least 2 generations!

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@Candygu82 2025-07-10

Grüße from Germany. Thanks for addressing this issue. This is also addicting our children here.

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@AfterX1 2025-07-10

Man, Ronnie is ruthless during interviews, and not just this one.

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@amorphuc 2025-07-10

What a really great interview. Thank you. A very important discussion.

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@threeRedDots 2025-07-11

RONNY PLEASE LET HER SPEAK! He keeps jumping in prematurely. Little too much caffeine this morning? Chill out, my guy!

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@pdbrown309 2025-07-10

I'm 63 and my heart breaks for these kids. They're under assault by the very people who are supposed to know better.

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@kkp4297 2025-07-10

ronnie's handshakes are the best

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