About this episode

Megan Garber discusses the impact of media on morality and the concept of 'screen person syndrome' with Jon Favreau.

Megan Garber, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the new book Screen People , joins Offline to explain how we’re no longer just an audience for the media we consume; we’re also actors and producers in an endless show of our own creation. She and Jon discuss the corrosive nature of an internet filled with “main characters,” whether it’s possible to overcome screen person syndrome, and why our survival as a country depends on it.

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Host: Jon Favreau

Guest: Megan Garber

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Organizations: The Atlantic

Books & works: Screen People

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