A 17-year-old Wellington student is described as being drawn into extreme appearance-based practices through online 'looksmaxxing' trends, highlighting concerns about youth mental health, algorithmic content exposure, and the role of technology platforms.
Stacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
How press outlets have named this topic, week by week.
Most recent 1 articles linking to this topic.
Up to 12 framings spread across outlets. Each framing is the LLM's one-line characterisation of the article's editorial angle — not a quote.
need for empathetic, non-judgmental dialogue
How looksmaxxing is pulling young Kiwi men towards dangerous extremesSocial-media signal on the same topic, drawn from the social lens. Engagement is likes + 2×shares + 3×replies, the same weighting used across the digest cards. View on /social →
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