Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Children
Michel Desmurget
Andrew Brown (translation)
Paperback, 350 pages
9781509546404
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All forms of recreational digital consumption ā whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs ā have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, itās more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment.
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Most media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are ādigital nativesā, their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists ā including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists ā dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their childrenās intensive exposure to screens.
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Michel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes.
Ā
A wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our childrenās over-exposure to screens.
Ā
Contents
Introduction: whom should we believe?
Part I - Digital natives: building a myth
Part II - Uses: an incredible frenzy of recreational screens
Part III - Impacts: chronicles of a disaster foretold
1. Preamble. Multiple and intricate impacts
2. Academic success. A powerful prejudice
3. Discussion. A damaging environment
4. Health. A silent aggression
Epilogue: a very old brain for a brave new world
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Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Children
Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Children
Michel Desmurget
Andrew Brown (translation)
Paperback, 350 pages
9781509546404
Ā
All forms of recreational digital consumption ā whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs ā have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, itās more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment.
Ā
Most media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are ādigital nativesā, their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists ā including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists ā dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their childrenās intensive exposure to screens.
Ā
Michel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes.
Ā
A wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our childrenās over-exposure to screens.
Ā
Contents
Introduction: whom should we believe?
Part I - Digital natives: building a myth
Part II - Uses: an incredible frenzy of recreational screens
Part III - Impacts: chronicles of a disaster foretold
1. Preamble. Multiple and intricate impacts
2. Academic success. A powerful prejudice
3. Discussion. A damaging environment
4. Health. A silent aggression
Epilogue: a very old brain for a brave new world
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Michel Desmurget
Andrew Brown (translation)
Paperback, 350 pages
9781509546404
Ā
All forms of recreational digital consumption ā whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs ā have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, itās more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment.
Ā
Most media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are ādigital nativesā, their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists ā including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists ā dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their childrenās intensive exposure to screens.
Ā
Michel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes.
Ā
A wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our childrenās over-exposure to screens.
Ā
Contents
Introduction: whom should we believe?
Part I - Digital natives: building a myth
Part II - Uses: an incredible frenzy of recreational screens
Part III - Impacts: chronicles of a disaster foretold
1. Preamble. Multiple and intricate impacts
2. Academic success. A powerful prejudice
3. Discussion. A damaging environment
4. Health. A silent aggression
Epilogue: a very old brain for a brave new world
