Digital Health Articles
Articles and Links on Digital Health
Essential Readings on Digital Health
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 phase. The 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.