The Anxious Generation

Is social media to blame for the teen mental health crisis? It's complicated!

Thanks to EmilyWeinstein, Amy Orben, Andrew Przybylski, Dean Burnett, Michael Mullarkey and Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz for help researching and fact-checking this episode!

Where to find us:

• Peter's other podcast, 5-4
• Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase

Sources:

• EmilyWeinstein's book, "Behind Their Screens"
• Positive and negative uses of social media among adolescents hospitalized for suicidal behavior
• TheSisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics
• TheRelationship Between Online Social Networking and Depression: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies
• Online"predators" and their victims
• The Coddling of the American Parent
• NoMore FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression
• How technology is transforming the ways in which children play
• Banningmobile phones in schools in Spain
• NoOne Knows Exactly What Social Media Is Doing To Teens
• Windowsof developmental sensitivity to social media
• Smartphonesare bad for some teens, not all
• HowSmartphones Affect the Social-Emotional Development of Adolescents
• Socialmedia use and its impact
• TimeSpent on Social Network Sites and Psychological Well-Being
• ASchool-Level Analysis of Adolescent Extracurricular Activity

Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!