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The reason this is so pressing isn’t simply that tweens and teens aren’t paying proper attention in class. It has a far more sinister impact on children and young people’s mental health ...
"Fear of missing out" can lead to psychological stress at the idea of missing posted content by others while offline. The relationships between digital media use and mental health have been investigated by various researchers—predominantly psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, and medical experts—especially since the mid-1990s, after the growth of the World Wide Web and rise of ...
Forms of technology addiction have been considered as diagnoses since the mid 1990s. [3] In current research on the adverse consequences of technology overuse, "mobile phone overuse" has been proposed as a subset of forms of "digital addiction" or "digital dependence", reflecting increasing trends of compulsive behavior among users of technological devices. [4]
Starting from August 8, 2024, the city of Buenos Aires banned the use of mobile phones by students to promote attention during class hours and socialization during breaks. In primary schools, students may bring mobile phones to school but the use will not be allowed during class or recess.
As writer Jeremy Anderberg, who reviews books on his Substack Read More Books, puts it: “We’re reading more words than ever before, but we’re reading fewer books.”
Humane's new Ai Pin product is a marvel of technology that hopes to liberate consumers from our screen addiction. It's a laudable idea, but habits are to break.
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness is a 2024 book by Jonathan Haidt which argues that the spread of smartphones, social media and overprotective parenting have led to a "rewiring" of childhood and a rise in mental illness. [1] [2]
To reduce the impact of the digital divide and increase digital literacy in young people at an early age, governments have begun to develop and focus policy on embedding digital literacies in both student and educator programs, for instance, in Initial Teacher Training programs in Scotland.