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The Question We’ve Stopped Asking About Teen-Agers and Social Media

By Cal Newport — 2021

I’m not sure we should be so quick to give up on interrogating the necessity of these technologies in our lives, especially when they impact the well-being of our children.

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An Introduction to Social Media Addiction

When it comes to the use of social media—a relatively new phenomenon—striking a balance between productive versus addictive use comes easier for some people than others. As recently as 2011, only 35 percent of U.S. adults owned a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center.

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2022
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Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction?

While addiction may make one think of hard drugs or alcohol, activities like video games, social media apps, and sites like YouTube can also become unhealthy addictions.

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Nimah Gobir
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Is Internet Addiction Real?

With kids spending more and more time on screens, parents worry that they are getting hooked

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Caroline Miller
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The Brain Equivalent of Global Warming

Nobody’s proven that digital addiction rots your brain.

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Edward Hallowell
2018
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The Dark Psychology of Social Networks

Why it feels like everything is going haywire? Even if social media could be cured of its outrage-enhancing effects, it would still raise problems for the stability of democracy.

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Jonathan Haidt,Tobias Rose-Stockwell
2019
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A Solution for Kids’ Social Media Addiction? Teach Them to Use Tech More Responsibly

Enough of the hand-wringing; tech is here to stay. We can teach kids to use social media more productively, and be more responsible about our own use.

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Pete Ingram-Cauchi
2018
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