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Solution to social media overuse? Put the phones away!
Author(s) -
Walters Anne S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30260
Subject(s) - cites , social media , social anxiety , media studies , advertising , anxiety , psychology , sociology , internet privacy , political science , computer science , business , law , psychiatry , fishery , biology
An Oct. 11 New York Times Magazine article points to a significant increase in anxiety in our youth, and identifies social media as a contributor. The article cites author Jean Twenge, who, in the September 2017 issue of The Atlantic , reported on social media use in the generation she terms the iGen — children born between 1995 and 2012. Her findings are striking.