Independent Lens: TikTok, Boom.

Explore the power and complexity of technology through the lens of TikTok and the Gen Z influencers who know it best.

What does it mean to be a digital native? TikTok, Boom. dissects the platform along myriad cross-sections—algorithmic, socio-political, economic, and cultural—to explore the impact of the history-making app. Balancing a genuine interest with healthy skepticism, delve into the security issues, global political challenges, and racial biases behind the platform. Independent Lens: TikTok, Boom. airs Thursday, September 28 at 3 p.m. on WXXI-TV.

This film is part of Student Mental Health Matters, a WXXI and NYS public media stations initiaitive addressing mental health issues among teens. Working in collaboration WXXI and NYS public broadcasters kick off this effort with a focused week of programming Saturday, September 23 through Sunday, October 1.