The fast food industry tried to conceal the inconvenient truth it was selling junk food. History is repeating itself with the tech industry concealing the fact social media offers us nothing more than junk connections — at a very steep price.
Exposure
-
4.0
hr
Hours
Daily
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28
hr
Hours
Weekly
-
112
hr
Hours
Monthly
-
1344
hr
Hours
Annually
8:39 hr
hours
Daily teen and tween (13-18) entertainment screen use
Common Sense Consensus • 2021
150 x
hours
Daily phone unlocks, equalling one every 6 minutes.
Daily 16 hours waking
#1 th
passive
Social media is now the single largest activity people dedicate their life to
Compared to all other common activities • 2021
2.6 k
of US students
Daily average phone taps, often preceded by pavlovian trigger
The Brussels Times • Only android users • 2016
Experience
40 %
of US students
US students report 'too depressed to function' in 2016. 61% of students said they had “felt overwhelming anxiety” in that period
American College Health Association survey • 2017
-61 %
of US students
Decrease in having 10 or more close friends, from 33% to 13%
Survey Center of American Health • 1990-2021
+56 %
suicides
Increase in teen 14-18 suicides rates
American Psychiatric Association (APA) • 2007-2017
+151 %
suicide
Increase in girls 10-14 suicide rates
Center for Disease Control and Prevention • 2010-2018
+78 %
of US students
Increase in 'serious psychological distress' episodes by 20-year-olds
Jean M. Twenge, Journal of Abnormal Psychology • 2019
32 %
of uk girls
Of UK teenage girls say Instagram makes them 'feel worse about themselves'
Leaks from The Facebook Files • 2021
47 %
increase
Of Americans feel 'often or always alone' and reports having 'no meaningful relationhips'
American College Health Association Survey • 2010-2018
+189 %
self-harm
Increase girls 10-14 hospital admissions for self-harm
Center for Disease Control and Prevention • 2009-2015
