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Social Media Use and Mental Health in Kids
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Researchers call for access to de-identified data on social media use in kids, as it can explain the mental health epidemic. While a little social media use isn't correlated with harm, the data shows that excessive use is.
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Social media use has a correlation of 0.15 which can potentially explain the mental health epidemic affecting millions of children, according to Jonathan Haidt.
29:51 - 30:35 (00:43)
Social Media
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Social media use has a correlation of 0.15 which can potentially explain the mental health epidemic affecting millions of children, according to Jonathan Haidt.
ChapterSocial Media Use and Mental Health in Kids
Episode#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The amount of social media use by children is correlated with harm, according to data, but access to this data should be more transparent for academic research.
30:35 - 33:18 (02:42)
Social media, children, academic research
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The amount of social media use by children is correlated with harm, according to data, but access to this data should be more transparent for academic research. The question of whether social media is harmful to children is still being researched in the field of social sciences.