The trouble knowing how much screen time is 'too much' - BBC News - 0 views
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For now, anyone thinking about how much time using screens and social media is "OK" will ultimately have to make a personal judgement.
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Rather than stating that social media was harmful, it suggested a more complex effect.
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increasing the time spent using technology was linked to improved wellbeing
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New tech 'addictions' are mostly just old moral panic - 0 views
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Not everybody in the medical community is on board with such an assessment
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a group of more than two dozen doctors and researchers sent an open letter to the WHO in 2016, arguing that formalizing the disorder lacked scientific merit and could cause real harm to patients.
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the current operationalization leans too heavily on substance use and gambling criteria, and the lack of consensus on symptomatology and assessment of problematic gaming
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We are not addicted to smartphones, we are addicted to social interaction - 0 views
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A new study of dysfunctional use of smart technology finds that the most addictive smartphone functions all share a common theme: they tap into the human desire to connect with other people
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it is our desire for human interaction that is addictive—and there are fairly simple solutions to deal with this
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Could smartphone addiction be hyper-social, not anti-social
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How I Bonded with My Son by Ignoring Gaming Limits - - 0 views
The Ups and Downs of Social Media - 0 views
Is There a Healthy Way for Students to Use Social Media? | Greater Good Magazine - 0 views
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we might be overlooking the “educational and psychological benefits of using social media sites,” such as developing critical thinking and perspective-taking skills
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parents and educators have been led to demonize what could simply be an evolving means of social connection
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a constant stream of interruptions
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Does playing violent video games cause aggression? A longitudinal intervention study | ... - 0 views
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the present study is the first to investigate the effects of long-term violent video gameplay
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Our participants played the violent video game Grand Theft Auto V, the non-violent video game The Sims 3 or no game at all for 2 months on a daily basis. No significant changes were observed, neither when comparing the group playing a violent video game to a group playing a non-violent game, nor to a passive control group.
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the question that society is actually interested in is not: “Are people more aggressive after having played violent video games for a few minutes? And are these people more aggressive minutes after gameplay ended?”, but rather “What are the effects of frequent, habitual violent video game playing? And for how long do these effects persist (not in the range of minutes but rather weeks and months)?”
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Most Adults Spend More Time on Their Digital Devices Than They Think - Scientific American - 0 views
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parents spend an average of nine hours and 22 minutes every day in front of various screens—including smartphones, tablets, computers and televisions. Of those, nearly eight hours are for personal use, not work
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we do not even realize how much time we spend when we heed the siren call of our devices
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if parents use screen time for shared activities with a child—watching a movie or playing an educational game together, for example—it can enhance the child's learning
Panicked about Kids' Addiction to Tech? - NewCo Shift - 0 views
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Verbalize what you’re doing with your phone
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They also get their cues about technology from people around them. A child would need to be alone in the woods to miss that people love their phones. From the time that they’re born, people are shoving phones in their faces to take pictures, turning to their phones to escape, and obsessively talking on their phones while ignoring them.
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Once you begin saying out loud every time you look at technology, you also realize how much you’re looking at technology.
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Crafting a Vision for Empowered Learning and Teaching: Beyond the $1,000 Pencil - Novem... - 0 views
Give Kids Unlimited Screen Time-But Only After They've Completed Their Daily Activities - 0 views
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while it’s admirable to expect your kid to exercise for a full hour, the reality is that, unless you have an Olympic sized pool in your backyard where your kid can do the butterfly stroke for an hour, it’s tough for a 10 year old to stay moving for a full hour
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There’s a difference between a teen that is using screen time intentionally versus mindlessly,
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every parent has their own rules when it comes to screen time use and you know your kid best. But by starting with conversations about goals, boundaries and intentional use, parents and teenagers can lay down their swords in the battle over screen time and social media use
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