UNDER THE INFLUENCE is a documentary series that begins in a single junior high classroom in Pleasant Grove, Utah — where a beloved science teacher and her husband, a behavioral psychologist, notice alarming changes in their students. It expands into a global inquiry into the systems shaping modern childhood.

What starts as a local concern unfolds into a high-stakes investigation of the attention economy, exposing how social media platforms and emerging AI technologies are engineered to capture, condition, and monetize young minds.