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Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
1 month agoMy tween kept asking to chat with her friends online. Now, in Australia, I can just say, 'it's against the law.'
Australia's social-media ban helps parents keep children off social platforms and encourages real-world interaction while addressing addiction and mental-health concerns.
fromNieman Lab
1 month agoEscaping the sad AI internet
We're flooded with short-form video and pinged constantly with breaking news. Many people, especially Gen A and Gen Z, are swiping and scrolling all day long. The lines between digital leisure and news consumption are fuzzy. You may hop on TikTok or Instagram to kill some time but end up being triggered by some take on what's happening in the world. And increasingly, that scrolling will include AI-generated slop.
Chicago
fromThe Walrus
2 months agoHow "Cozy Lit" Became the Latest and Most Shameless Form of Digital Escapism | The Walrus
A fter reading that Selena Gomez looked ethereal in a custom Ralph Lauren wedding dress, that the Vitamix 5200 is a legend for a reason, and that scientists made a yogurt using ants, I feel sufficiently bad about myself because of how much time I have spent staring at inconsequential words and meaningless images on my little screen that I transition to the big screen that is my laptop.
Books
fromAcm
4 months agoDigital Addiction Among Arab Families: Status, Contributing Factors, Responsibilities, and Solutions
Digital addiction (DA) refers to a problematic relationship with technology characterized by symptoms of behavioral addiction, including mood modification, salience, tolerance, conflict, withdrawal symptoms, and relapse. While addictive use of technology is not yet officially recognized as a clinical diagnosis, certain forms, such as Internet gaming disorder (IGD), have been classified as clinical conditions. Notably, IGD was included in the ICD-11 (International Classification of Diseases) by the World Health Organization in 2018.19
Mental health
Digital life
fromTheSavvyGamer
4 months ago10 Ways Tech Companies Get You Hooked & 10 Strategies For Curbing Your Addiction - TheSavvyGamer
Tech companies use notifications, algorithms, endless feeds, gamification, FOMO, and variable rewards to capture attention and create habitual, dopamine-driven engagement.
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