Desensitization in a digital generation | Maggie Trail | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool

When her parents exhibited curiosity regarding the content she consumes for fun, she realized there was much more to explore about the generational differences in explicit content consumption. After conducting a recent survey, Maggie joins us to discuss the role technology and media play in shaping today’s teens and whether or not desensitization has a negative impact on social and emotional development.
Maggie Trail is a junior at Mountain View High School doing the CollegeNow program. She enjoys reading and staring at the books she’s amassed, singing with the Madrigals choir, and making spontaneous plans with her friends. During quarantine, she has taken up the guitar, rediscovered her affinity for puzzles, and started interning for Intrinsyx at NASA. When her parents exhibited curiosity regarding the content she consumes for fun, she realized there was much more to explore about the generational differences in explicit content consumption. After conducting a recent survey, Maggie joins us to discuss the role technology and media play in shaping today’s teens and whether or not desensitization has a negative impact on social and emotional development. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx