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Pour être branché, débranchez-vous
(To be hip, unplug)
Newspaper | Les Echos
Date | 6.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, technology-free
Summary | The author of the article talks about one of his recent experiments: he tried to stay away from social networks for 10 days. Although it was difficult at first, he thought it was a positive experience. He found his ability to concentrate, and realized that his thoughts could be summarized in more than 140 characters. According to a British survey, more than half of adults consider themselves addicted. Harvard researchers claimed that Facebook and Twitter can be as addictive as alcohol or nicotine.
Image Description | Screenshot of a facebook page and a pointer clicking on "log off"
Image Tags | Facebook
Kein Whiskey für kleine Kinder
(No whiskey for little children)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 31.5.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, research/study, smartphone
Summary | Recent studies show correlation between early and/or excessive smartphone use in children and ADHD, deprived linguistic development, and obesity. These studies do not confirm causation, other factors certainly play into how one is affected by the digitalization. The addictive potential of digital devices is however beyond doubt.
Image Description | Keystone image of a girl staring at a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
Einfach mal abschalten
(Just turn it off for a little)
Newspaper | die Weltwoche
Date | 27.4.2017
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, smartphone, threat
Summary | Lots of adults are virtually tied to their smartphones, even when crossing the street. The children, naturally, imitate this and for the "head-down generation". One cannot blame the children for becoming addicted to smartphones because they can only form into what they learn from their parents. No wonder that we are dealing with epidemic-like amounts of ADHD diagnoses: children are tranquilized with screens and later the developmental tolls of this are treated with drugs.
Image Description | A collage-like illustration of parents drifting off into the ocean on rafts made of giant smartphones and the children left behind on an island.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
They don't learn the alphabet and won't have to sit an exam
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 2.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, brain, game, law, school, threat
Summary | A mother who homeschools their children lets them play video games for up to seven hours a day. Experts criticize this because excessive video gaming reduces the development of empathy and other important psychological and cognitive developments. They are clearly not receiving nearly as much educaton as children in the public school system. All this is however legal as homeschooled children do not need to follow the curriculum or sit standardized exams.
Image Description | Portrait of the mother with her three children all holding a video game controller.
Image Tags | female(s), game, male(s)
Alerte sur les dangers des radiofréquences pour les enfants
(Radio frequency hazards for children)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 9.7.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood
Summary | Overexposure to new technologies and radio frequency can have a serious impact on children's health. Children are constantly exposed to tablets, smarthpones, toys, and baby monitors. However, more research is needed to prove the effects of radiofrequency on children's health.
Image Description | N/A
«Fais ce que je dis, pas ce que je fais»: quand le smartphone sème la zizanie à la maison
("Do what I say, not what I do": when smartphones stir things up at home)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 6.2.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, marketing
Summary | In Germany, an ad campaign was launched to remind parents that focusing on their screens and not on their child can have serious consequences for their child's development. Children need attention, compliments, and encouragement from their parents. Some parents want their children to respect strict rules regarding new media use at home, but at the same time their addicted behavior shows the exact opposite. Children feel ignored by parents who favor their smarthpone.
Image Description | N/A
«La surexposition des jeunes enfants aux écrans est un enjeu majeur de santé publique»
("Overexposure of young children to screens is a major public health issue")
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 31.5.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, technology-free
Summary | Overexposure to screens can have a really bad impact on very young children's health. Some 3-year old toddlers don't even look at you when you're talking to them; they don't talk and are passive because they've been overexposed to screens. Some of the issues experts have noticed are similar to ASD symptoms: lack of language skills, relationship and behavior trouble.
Image Description | N/A
L'explosion des troubles chez les tout-petits surexposés aux écrans
(Rise of disorders in toddlers overexposed to screens)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 18.5.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, school, smartphone
Summary | Toddlers overexposed to screens seem to demonstrate symptoms similar to autism, a doctor says. Toddlers have already access to smartphones. Sofiane, for instance, got his first tablet at the age of 18 months. His kindergarten teacher noticed that he never wanted to sit next to his peers, and would often space out. Moreover, he always needed an adult next to him to guide him. Those "screen children"often exhibit developmental delays as well as relationship, language and behavioral disorders. Children shouldn't have access to screens before 3. Some parents think that giving their toddlers "learning tablets" will help them in the future.
Image Description | N/A
Instagram ranked worst social network for young people's mental health
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 19.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, Instagram, research/study, youth
Summary | Recent studies show that young adults aged 14 to 24 find that Instagram and Snapchat incease their sense of anxiety and loneliness the most. The most positivity boosting platforms were YouTube and Twitter. Mental health professionals are trying to stay informed on what youth's life looks like today so that they can better connect with them in a mental health crisis. Social media are more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes.
Image Description | Alamy image of two women taking a selfie on a beach and an image of a smartphone screen showing the Instagram logo.
Image Tags | female(s), Instagram, logo, selfie, smartphone
Poor Sleep Hygiene Is Killing You And Your Career
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 22.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, smartphone
Summary | Poor sleep habits are detrimetal to one's health. Part of a good sleep hygiene is to stop being exposed to short-wave blue light - emitted by all kinds of screens - in the evening before going to sleep. So one should really stop using a laptop or a smartphone a few hours before going to sleep because it blocks the production of sleep-inducing hormones. One should also refrain from checking one's email (work-related) late at night because it keeps people from winding down psychologically.
Image Description | Getty image of a woman sleeping in bed.
Image Tags | female(s)
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