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Popular Literature

Akhtar, A. (2019, September, 30). Bill Gates and Steve Jobs raised their kids tech free--and it should've been a red flag. Business Insider

Haidt, J. & Ortega, N. (2022). Why the past ten years of American life has been uniquely stupid: It's not just a phaseThe Atlantic.

Langreo, L. (2023, October 16). Cellphone bans can ease students' stress and anxiety, educators say. Education Weekly.

Maruf, R. (2023). Gen Z has a new ‘vintage’ technology to obsess over. KRDO

Thompson, D. (2022). Why American Teens Are So Sad. The Atlantic

Research Articles

Common Sense Media. (2023). Constant companion: A week in the life of a young person's smartphone use. Common Sense Media.

Santos, R.M.S., Mendes, C.G., Bressani, G.Y.S., Ventrua, S.dA., Nogueira, Y.J.dA, Miranda, D.M.dM, & Romano-Silva, M.A. (2023). The associations between screen time and mental health in adolescents: A systemic review. BMC Psychology, 11:127, Published online. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01166-7

Twenge, J.M., Haidt, J., Lozano, J. & Cummins, K.M. (2022). Specification curve analysis shows that social media use is linked to poor mental health, especially among girls. Acta Psychologica, 224, p1-11. 

Ward, A.F., Duke, K., Gneezy,A., & Bos, M.W. (2017). Brain drain: The mere presence of one's own smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity. Journal for the Association of Consumer Research, 2(2). Published online. https://dx.doi.org/10.1086/691462

Books

Carr, N. (2020). The shallows: What the Internet is doing to our brains. W.W. Norton & Company.

Nesi, J., Telzer, E.H., & Prinstein, M.J. (Eds.). (2022). Handbook of adolescent digital media use and mental health. Cambridge University Press. (Digital Copy.)

Twenge, J. (2017). iGen: Why today's super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy--and completely unprepared for adulthood. Atria Paperback: Reprint Edition.