Emilie Owens

Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, Norway

Emilie Owens is a doctoral research fellow with the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Oslo in Norway. Her current project is focused on better understanding the role of TikTok in shaping the social lives and identities of teenagers.

Written by Emilie Owens

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TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA

Why teenagers are deliberately seeking brain rot on TikTok

Talking to teens reveals a hidden sophistication to their media use. Rather than policing it, maybe we could learn from it

by Emilie Owens