Screen Time – is it bad for you?
Duration: 40 mins
Publication Date: 22 Apr 2025
Next Review Date: 22 Apr 2028
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13709
Description
Why is there a growing concern around screen time? Is social media bad for young people’s wellbeing? What is the impact of the digital divide? All this and more answered as Professor Umar Toseeb interviews Professor Pete Etchells about his work, the impact of screen time and social media, and his recent book ‘Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time’.
Learning Objectives
1. The growing concern around screen time.
2. The distinction between the terms ‘screen time’, ‘social media’, and ‘digital technologies’.
3. Flaws undermining the argument that social media/screen time/digital technology is bad for young people’s mental health.
4. Causation versus correlation.
5. Are young people who are vulnerable offline also vulnerable online?
6. The digital divide and the value of lived experience of young people.
