If Books Could Kill

The Anxious Generation


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Is social media to blame for the teen mental health crisis? It's complicated!

Thanks to Emily Weinstein, Amy Orben, Andrew Przybylski, Dean Burnett, Michael Mullarkey and Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz for help researching and fact-checking this episode!

Where to find us: 

  • Peter's other podcast, 5-4
  • Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase

Sources:

  • Emily Weinstein's book, "Behind Their Screens"
  • Positive and negative uses of social media among adolescents hospitalized for suicidal behavior
  • The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics
  • The Relationship Between Online Social Networking and Depression: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies
  • Online "predators" and their victims
  • The Coddling of the American Parent
  • No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression
  • How technology is transforming the ways in which children play
  • Banning mobile phones in schools in Spain
  • No One Knows Exactly What Social Media Is Doing To Teens
  • Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media
  • Smartphones are bad for some teens, not all
  • How Smartphones Affect the Social-Emotional Development of Adolescents
  • Social media use and its impact
  • Time Spent on Social Network Sites and Psychological Well-Being
  • A School-Level Analysis of Adolescent Extracurricular Activity

 Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

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