Social Media: Friend or Foe?

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Americans see a rise in body dysmorphia in the age of Zoom calls and photo filters, Facebook and Apple battle it out over privacy, and Ronny Chieng exposes the dire consequences of selfies.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:10.6	Unfortunately, due to the pandemic,
0:12.4	a lot of people are doing worse than ever.
0:14.2	Because it turns out that the technology
0:16.2	keeping us connected is also making us feel like shit.
0:20.1	With the stress of the pandemic,
0:22.2	body image issues have been on the rise.
0:24.8	43% of women, 26% of men said
0:28.9	COVID-19 negatively affected how attractive they felt.
0:32.8	The countless hours spent on zoom or video calls
0:35.8	is causing more and more Americans to be insecure
0:38.5	about their parents.
0:39.9	Video conferencing presents a constant,
0:42.1	unedited, unfiltered look at ourselves
0:44.5	that can be unsettling.
0:46.0	And those front facing cameras we're all using
0:48.3	aren't doing us any favors.
0:50.1	Things like the nose could actually be
0:52.1	larger and wider, and the eyes could have
0:55.5	to go up here smaller, not only is a person
0:58.1	confronting their own reflection
0:59.9	with much greater intensity and frequency
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