On Nostalgia and Social Media

WNSR New School Radio

An investigation into people's relationship with nostalgia and how it has come to be affected by social media. I originally began with the idea that that I wanted to talk about nostalgia and the way we make memories. I sat down with some of my high school friends, as well as my mom and sister. After getting, several perspectives it became clear that there has been a shift in the way that memory making happens with the advent of social media. I reference Bo Burnham's 201 6 comedy special, "Make Happy" in which he goes into his relationship and experience with social media and his opinion on the internet generation.