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ResearchBuzz: Firehose

University of Mississippi: Efforts to Reduce TikTok Screen Time Often Increase Usage. “Efforts by social media platforms to encourage users to take breaks from screen scrolling may actually lead to some of them spending even more time online. That’s according to research coauthored by University of Mississippi professor Christopher Newman.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/university-of-mississippi-efforts-to-reduce-tiktok-screen-time-often-increase-usage/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · University of Mississippi: Efforts to Reduce TikTok Screen Time Often Increase Usage | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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Western University: Passive scrolling linked to anxiety, other mental health concerns in teens. “Heightened anxiety, depression, aggression and impulsiveness in vulnerable adolescents can be attributed to prolonged screen time, specifically passive scrolling, according to a new Western study. Approximately 45 per cent of study participants, without any prior mental health conditions, reported […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/western-university-passive-scrolling-linked-to-anxiety-other-mental-health-concerns-in-teens/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Western University: Passive scrolling linked to anxiety, other mental health concerns in teens | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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Harvard Gazette: How young is too young? No such thing, apparently.. “U.S. children aged 8 and younger spend 2½ hours a day on screens, with kids under 2 exceeding an hour each day, according to a recent report from Common Sense Media. It’s data that Michael Rich, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, finds deeply troubling.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/harvard-gazette-how-young-is-too-young-no-such-thing-apparently/

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz · Harvard Gazette: How young is too young? No such thing, apparently. | ResearchBuzz: Firehose
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APC

>> Children's relationship with digital technologies is a key issue today.

We're exploring some key aspects in this Interview with Marcela Guerra of Portal sem fronteiras:

"One thing I’ve learned is that we need to model healthy digital habits for our children."

---> You can read the full interview here: apc.org/en/blog/interview-marc

What other learnings or practices have you seen around building healthy habits for the youngest?

#ScreenTime #ChildrenandTech #Education?

Marcela Guerra engages in a hands-on educational activity with a group of children from the community, using strings and labeled markers on the floor to explore concepts. Photo: Courtesy of Marcela Guerra/Portal sem Fronteiras
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

I think the #LightPhone3 is better than a shitty "#ProducedEwaste" #Android 8.1 brick from China but I don't consider it worth the premium asked [U$D 799 MSRP, U$D 599 preorder] for it.

I think people can get a better experience buying a #degoogled #Fairphone with #eOS and just put #RelaunchX as an #eInk-optimized #launcher on it and have a better option.

  • But I guess given #ForProfitHealthcare in the #USA is expensive I can see why a lot of people would rather buy such a device and sell their old one than seek therapy if they are susceptible to shitty patterns that #developers harness to maximize #screentime and #revenue.

Can't have #doomscrolling or #microtransactions if it doesn't support #NSAbook's #apps or shitty #PayToLoose #games...

What I do have to say is that #MKBHD acknowledges that he isn't the target audience and "that's fine"...

  • I just think that requiring people to sign up to some account just to be able to add/remove #Apps is a major #nope in my book.

I stayed off #GooglePlay for longer than it's being called like that and their "#lightOS" is most likely some tightly locked-down Android...

  • It's just an insultingly high pricetag for < $200 internals and the best feature they have isn't even the phone but offering a "no frills" plan which seems okay (by #USA standards!) but still...

I think people would be more accepting if it was a $299 or even $399 device, but at a price of a @monocles #phone whilst being way less versatile it's just not worth it.

  • Cuz it's not even a super "secure" device or offers something like a "concierge service" where the device price is artifically high to filter out average #WageWorkers without much disposable income...
YouTubeI Have A Problem with the Light Phone IIIBy Marques Brownlee
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Research Network Digi-Oek.ch

[en] Digital Wellbeing: Screen time has always been a poor metric

... when it comes to social media apps, it’s a really poor metric, according to ... a researcher at #Cambridge.

A #nudge ... could help billions of people stop #doomscrolling.

Researchers also have very little insight into how Apple and Google develop Screen Time and Digital Wellbeing features.

vox.com/technology/402701/scre

Vox · Screen time reports won’t help you put your phone down. Here’s what can.By Adam Clark Estes
#digitalwellbeing#screentime#socialmedia
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