A fear of smartphones and screen time is just the latest moral panic, writes psychologist Pete Etchells in his new book, 'Unlocked.'
our attention spans to the point that they’re shorter than that of a goldfish. The blue light they emitthe mental health of the young, and of teenage girls in particular. All things considered, digital technologies are a blight upon society. Right?, publishing March 21. Etchells, a professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University in the U.K., previously debunked fears that video games zombified kids and turned them violent.
Take the literature on screen time and mental health, for example. Most of the studies, Etchells points out, take data from large surveys and examine whether people who reported spending more time on screen-based activities were more likely to report poor mental health. However, he says, observational studies like these fall victim to the classic experimental issue—correlation does not imply causation.
In a little over 200 pages, Etchells also assesses whether digital devices impact our attention spans and sleep ; whether screen addiction truly exists ; and much more. Dense discussions of statistics and experiments are broken up with candid personal stories of his and his family’s experience with technology.
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