American Girls and their Obsession with Social Media

By some estimates, American teenage girls spend anywhere from 9 to 11 hours a day consuming media. They send up to 100 texts a day. What is it that they’re seeing and sending? Vanity Fair reporter Nancy Jo Sales spent two and a half years interviewing teens across the country and wrote about it in her new book American Girls.

By some estimates, American teenage girls spend anywhere from 9 to 11 hours a day consuming media. They send up to 100 texts a day. What is it that they’re seeing and sending? Vanity Fair reporter Nancy Jo Sales spent two and a half years interviewing teens across the country and wrote about it in her new book American Girls. Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.

Credits

Guest:
Nancy Jo Sales - Author - @nancyjosales

Host:
Madeleine Brand

Producers:
Matt Holzman, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Laura Swisher