Comedian Bo Burnham has written and directed his first feature film, “Eighth Grade,” inspired by his experiences performing and growing up online. Burnham joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about how the movie came together and Burnham’s own experience in the digital age.
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"I think for all of us it’s an anxious time": Bo Burnham on growing up "online"
The new dramedy “Eighth Grade,” about a painfully shy 13-year old stumbling through her last week of middle school, is the first film for writer-director Bo Burnham and for its young star, Elsie Fisher. But there’s more to the movie than the usual teen angst and acne. There’s the loneliness that, research tells us, is becoming more pervasive for young people as social media increases in influence. Tracy Smith talks with Burnham, and with San Diego State professor Jean Twenge, author of “iGen,” about how the internet is making adolescence even tougher.
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How social media makes adolescence even harder
