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The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety. (www.nature.com)

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 7 months ago (16 children)

TLDR, less nuanced:

Several meta-analyses and systematic reviews converge on the same message. An analysis done in 72 countries shows no consistent or measurable associations between well-being and the roll-out of social media globally. Moreover, findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the largest long-term study of adolescent brain development in the United States, has found no evidence of drastic changes associated with digital-technology use. Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University, is a gifted storyteller, but his tale is currently one searching for evidence.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (7 children)

Blaming teenage mental illness on social media feels to me like the boomers are trying to find a different scapegoat than all the factors caused by their own stupidity, greed and destruction of human habitat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So. . .where's your evidence? Or are you, just like Haidt, currently seeking evidence for your tale?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My guy, you are asking me to provide evidence for the claim that something feels to me a certain way. You do realize how silly that is?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You answered my question: it's a tale seeking evidence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

As is almost entry comment on Lemmy. What's your point?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's you're exactly like the boomers you are attacking.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So where's your evidence?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Evidence of what? You mean what you just wrote?

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