DEC 4

25: DEC 4

Assigned

• Hertz, Noreena, Chatper 6, "Our Screens, Our Selves"
• Zhang, et. al, "The Effect of Problematic Social Media Use on Happiness among Adolescents"

Hertz, Noreena C6, “Our Screens, Our Selves”

• Kaleidoscopes - popular and disparaged by elites. Is the comparison to screens reasonable? doubts, also, about printed writing over hand copies. (Print pdfs over screen reading.)

• We check our phone 221 times a day.

• thesis, 94: Cell phone use is contributing to loneliness. Hmm?

• trading off digitally mediated interactions for live ones. Everyone?
• evidence of impaired language skills. Parents distracted from kids.

• 97: study showing effect of smartphone on table on “closeness” bt couples.
• Jamil Zkai - “thinned” relationships reduce empathy.

• Covid - large increase in phone volume. Video.

• 99: evidence from empathy neuroscience - emotional engagement distinctive. Claims video interaction not the same.

• ”How to read a face” - Cites educators who claim that students are not reading faces and non-verbal information well due to cell phone use. 102: U Bristol study on kids and emo expression. Other studies…. Intervention studies show improvement after screen-free days.

• Would you advocate for “no cell phone” policies at your kid’s school? Harder for low income people to avoid using tech as a babysitter.

• Acknowledges that digital media and internet connect some people more than they used to be. Example of lgbt folks finding community digitally when their live community is not supportive.

• 106: studies connecting phone use and loneliness in adolescents. Direction of causation problem. Maybe lonely people use their phone more?

• 107: Best Intervention studies so far. Hunt Allcott. [1].

• 107 - trolling, doxxing, swatting, abusive language, threatening behavior, cyberbullies, “…a mean cruel world is a lonely one.” 109.

• BOMP - FOMO - digital exclusion - heightened adverse social comparison for some.

• Remedies - self-regulation, parental regulation of minors, age limits on some media.