eactions to Lauren Greenfields documentary series Social Studies tend to fall into two categories. Young people think it is validating; adults think its a horror show. After all, the screen of a teenagers smartphone is a shiny black hole to which access is rarely granted. “Our kids are right there,” as Greenfield puts it, “and yet we dont really know whats going on in their lives.” Her five part series, which tracks the online and offline lives of a group of teenagers and young adults – the...
