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Is it a mistake to be starting my second beer as I join this amazing webcast featuring Jean Twenge telling us about the evils of screen time for kids?
I'm already losing it.
Folks, it's not actually about millennials.
No stereotypes here.
Now she's just trolling me.
Haha, that vertical axis.
Again with the vertical axis, trying to make the argument that everything is different after 2010.
"It didn't line up with economic trends, because the economy was improving from 2011 to 2018." It must be smartphones! Or as she illustrates...
"The boys are not off the hook, because how are they spending their digital media time? GAMING."
"When social media starts to move from optional to mandatory, getting together informally goes downwards."
"Big increase in the 90s, maybe it was Xbox..."
Blue bars involve screens!
"With exception of TV, these blue bars are all things that iGen does more than other generations."
"With exception of TV, these blue bars are all things that iGen does more than other generations."
Give me that old-fashioned causal interpretation...
"And then of course, 2020 happened."
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"With all of the challenges we're facing now, it's a good thing to know where iGen started from."
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"What should we be doing as parents to help them out?"
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"With all of the challenges we're facing now, it's a good thing to know where iGen started from."
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"What should we be doing as parents to help them out?"
Wilcox's question: why has social media been more challenging for girls than boys?
Twenge: "Link is stronger for girls than for boys"
Twenge sees two (and only two?) possible stories: "Either girls are depressed and spending time on social media, or social media is more toxic."
Twenge: "Link is stronger for girls than for boys"
Twenge sees two (and only two?) possible stories: "Either girls are depressed and spending time on social media, or social media is more toxic."
"Some of your scholarly critics would argue that screen time only explains a small percentage of outcomes..."
Twenge: "Two somewhat different questions:
1) What effect on indiv level?
2) Group or generational level"
She thinks she is correct about the second question, I think?
Twenge: "Two somewhat different questions:
1) What effect on indiv level?
2) Group or generational level"
She thinks she is correct about the second question, I think?
Seems to say that the individual impact is washed out because it's affecting everyone. Okay...
"Interesting that you should mention some of the critics here"
She says she has a paper coming out Friday complaining about her critics. Should be a fun read!
"Interesting that you should mention some of the critics here"
She says she has a paper coming out Friday complaining about her critics. Should be a fun read!
Haha, data questions over there on the right.
Twenge claims: using social media *doubles* risk of depression.
"Some of that could be reverse causation, but do we really want to take that risk?"
Uhhhh...
"Some of that could be reverse causation, but do we really want to take that risk?"
Uhhhh...
"Nothing is all good or all bad, but...there's definitely gradations to this. In terms of what things are probably better: video chat...you have that ability to have a real conversation with somebody."
How is this better than texting or social media?
How is this better than texting or social media?
"We need more data ... is social media more harmful for an 11 year old vs a 16 year old? ...probably yes."
Internet wormholes! Social media! Apparently Twenge thinks that these things are very bad.
Technology and sleep: "If you want to take just one thing home from the talk, it is that we should not let technology interfere with sleep."
Wait a minute, that's actually reasonable.
Wait a minute, that's actually reasonable.
Question: "What about parents using their smartphones?" Don't forget, we need to shame them personally too!
Gaming! TV! Texting! Video chat! All "not as good as the real thing," according to Twenge.
