I feel like even if you get rid of the screens, what else do teenagers have?
this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2024
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TLDR, less nuanced:
Several meta-analyses and systematic reviews converge on the same message. An analysis done in 72 countries shows no consistent or measurable associations between well-being and the roll-out of social media globally. Moreover, findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the largest long-term study of adolescent brain development in the United States, has found no evidence of drastic changes associated with digital-technology use. Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University, is a gifted storyteller, but his tale is currently one searching for evidence.
Blaming teenage mental illness on social media feels to me like the boomers are trying to find a different scapegoat than all the factors caused by their own stupidity, greed and destruction of human habitat.
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Betteridge’s law of headlines still applies: When the headline is a question, the answer is no.
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So does shortened attention spans not count as any type of brain development change or is that not actually happening/outside of this study?
This isn't a study, it's a book review refuting the author's assertion. But it looks like the scope was only mental health, not cognitive skill.
Shortened attention span falls under mental well-being.
The older generation has always criticized the younger generation for the same things. And yet again it is done without merit.
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