OTHER TELECOM: The Crisis of Social Media
What was once a liberating technology has become a conduit for surveillance and electoral manipulation. The authors cite monitoring of social media platforms by immigration and law enforcement agencies as a particular concern in the U.S., along with political disinformation that has been “at times exacerbated by top government officials and political leaders.”
https://www.freedomonthenet.org/report/freedom-on-the-net/2019/the-crisis-of-social-media
New York Times, July 2019. Putting Down Your Phone May Help You Live Longer. By raising levels of the stress-related hormone cortisol, our phone time may also be threatening our long-term health.
Business Technology Sunday 1 July 2018 No signal, no problem: The pupils without smartphones Is liberation from smartphones the key to restoring childhood to our kids? A Kerry school, with parents’ support, is finding results beyond all expectations
Atlantic Magazine: The Dangers of Distracted Parenting When it comes to children’s development, parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own. Erika Christakis July/August 2018 Issue
Signa Study: The Universal Solitude Of Americans: Loneliness On The Rise Generation Z Highest Rate of Loneliness. Social Media Named. May 02 2018 •
Social Media Use Proposed as Addition to Adolescent Psychosocial Screening Clark DL, et al. Pediatrics. 2018;doi:10.1542/peds.2017-3655. May 1, 2018
Impact of Social Media and Screen-Use on Young People’s Health Inquiry Launched U.K. Parliament, February 2018
Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age” The Tech Industry’s Psychological War on Kids How psychology — a discipline that we associate with healing — is being used as a weapon against children . Richard Freed Child and adolescent psychologist, and the author of: “WIRED CHILD.”
Offline is the new luxury – (VPRO documentary – 2016
Wired Magazine: It’s Time For a Serious Talk About the Science of Tech “Addiction“ Robbie Gonzalez 02.01.18
CNN Report: Correlation Between Screen Time and Delayed Speech Development. A new study presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting found
Cell Phones – Behold: The Frankenstein of our Day. Anonymous Patriots January 11, 2018
How Screen Addiction Is Damaging Kids’ Brains says Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, author of ‘Glow Kids.”I’ve worked with hundreds of heroin addicts and crystal meth addicts, and what I can say is that it’s easier to treat a heroin addict than a true screen addict,”
Two Major Apple Shareholders Push for Study of iPhone Addiction in Children By Luke Kawa. Bloomberg: January 7, 2018
Nelson Teacher Says Smartphones in Class Impede Learning. Bill Metcalfe Feb. 1, 2018
NEW ZEALAND HERALD: School tells parents: Ban your kids from Facebook 3 Feb, 2018