...there is actually little known about teens’ wellbeing itself, without the digital part – even though “we find a near universal decrease in life satisfaction during adolescence,” write the authors of a study just published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. “This decrease is steeper than at any other point across adulthood.” The study fills us in a bit. It offers some explanations as … [Read more...] about Amid all the talk of teens and ‘digital wellbeing’…
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Of digital social: A regrettable headline
Talk about confirmation bias (or ageist clickbait)! This headline in the Education Week blog (which also headlined Ed Week’s email newsletter) is a great opportunity for a media literacy discussion, in school or over dinner at home: “Social Media is 'Tearing Us Apart,' Middle and High School Students Say.” The headline makes for a good media literacy lesson, too, for more reasons than one, … [Read more...] about Of digital social: A regrettable headline