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Screen time: Conclusions about the effects of digital media are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong

  • Written by Byron Reeves, Professor of Communication, Stanford University
Humans are barraged by digital media 24/7. Is it a problem?Bruce Rolff/Shutterstock.com

There’s a lot of talk about digital media. Increasing screen time has created worries about media’s impacts on democracy, addiction, depression, relationships, learning, health, privacy and much more. The effects are frequently assumed to be huge,...

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