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"For years now a strong narrative has emerged that the increase in teen
depression (and suicides) is almost single handedly being caused by social
media and cell phone use. Though quite often when you look a little more deeply
at the studies in question you'll find they're a bit undercooked, tend to make
overly broad assumptions about trends, and are often contradicted by other
studies.
For example, a 2019 study out of the UK of 12,000 adolescents found that most
links between life satisfaction and social media use were "trivial," overall
accounting for less than 1% of a teenager's sense of wellbeing. Another study
from last year combed through 20 different studies on social media's impact on
young adults and kids and found "there doesn’t seem to be an evidence base that
would explain the level of panic and consternation around these issues."
There's clearly a lot going wrong in the world, and a lot of it emotionally
exhausting. Yet for whatever reason cell phone social media usage continues to
often get the entirety of the blame for teen depression."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
