Windy Frank on Nostr: As always npub1067mu…wfdvg's Law of Headline's applies re: this New Yorker piece ...
As always npub1067mu6v4h2exkvd79j6n5wuxynh5ec3ct2s3yrvxy4jh9hud50fsmwfdvg (npub1067…fdvg)'s Law of Headline's applies re: this New Yorker piece positing that Moody, arsehole and suicidal kids is ALL SOCIAL MEDIA’s FAULT
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/07/social-media-mental-health-suicide-crisis-teens
For a full take down, read npub1lslwn6kpyfkj3xp3zk6jd2epur5gjdeawklnsh9nd498xy50ezdqfz9c2x (npub1lsl…9c2x) piece including this excerpt
“Andrew Przybylski, a psychologist at the University of Oxford, has observed that decreasing life satisfaction among youths between the ages of ten and twenty usually led to an increase in social-media use. “But the opposite isn’t necessarily true,” he writes. “In most groups, the more time a child spends on social media doesn’t mean their life satisfaction will decrease.” Working with Amy Orben, a Cambridge psychologist, Przybylski has also noted that lower life satisfaction correlates slightly more strongly with wearing glasses than with digital-technology use.”
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/02/new-yorkers-social-media-is-killing-kids-article-waits-71-paragraphs-to-admit-evidence-doesnt-support-the-premise/
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/07/social-media-mental-health-suicide-crisis-teens
For a full take down, read npub1lslwn6kpyfkj3xp3zk6jd2epur5gjdeawklnsh9nd498xy50ezdqfz9c2x (npub1lsl…9c2x) piece including this excerpt
“Andrew Przybylski, a psychologist at the University of Oxford, has observed that decreasing life satisfaction among youths between the ages of ten and twenty usually led to an increase in social-media use. “But the opposite isn’t necessarily true,” he writes. “In most groups, the more time a child spends on social media doesn’t mean their life satisfaction will decrease.” Working with Amy Orben, a Cambridge psychologist, Przybylski has also noted that lower life satisfaction correlates slightly more strongly with wearing glasses than with digital-technology use.”
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/10/02/new-yorkers-social-media-is-killing-kids-article-waits-71-paragraphs-to-admit-evidence-doesnt-support-the-premise/