Screens, News & Social Media
Phones, social media, doomscrolling and the news, and what they do to our minds.
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Three Doors, Three Different Evenings: What 1,458 Teenagers and 44,211 Diary Entries Reveal About TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat
A Singular Point of View If you are a parent standing in a doorway at ten to eleven, watching a face lit…
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The Catastrophe Filter: What Two Studies Reveal About How the News Turns Distant Events Into Personal Threats
A Singular Point of View If you have ever put your phone down and found that your own life looked worse than…
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More Than Half Wrong: What a New Review of 5,000 Posts Reveals About TikTok, ADHD and the Limits of Self-Diagnosis
Half of what just felt like a diagnosis was, more likely than not, a guess dressed up as certainty. Your thumb finds…
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The War You Can’t Look Away From: What New Research Reveals About Conflict News and Your Mind
Your phone is face-down on the bedside table, and an hour ago you told yourself that was the last time tonight. At…
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The App That Steals Your Sleep: What a New Survey of 1,458 Teenagers Reveals About TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat
You already know which app it is. You just haven’t looked at the numbers yet. You are standing outside a bedroom door…
