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Jennifer Mnookin: “Social media makes [student anxiety] worse.”

Featuring: Jennifer Mnookin, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Published | Video Starts at 44:52

So, you know, people complain about the phenomenon, the alleged phenomenon, which is probably sometimes accurate, of faculty bringing their biases to the classroom, but that students actually report that they're more anxious about each other. And then Social media makes [student anxiety] worse. Both traditional forms of social media, but also sort of some of the platforms that exist adjacent to campuses. How do we navigate that? It's not easy. (44:52)

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