Young people are struggling more than ever with a crisis of confidence and anxiety, and the accelerating downward turn in their mental wellbeing correlates with increased use of technology over exactly the same period. Heavy tech use is bad for mental health: the evidence is...
Social media networks say they are all about connecting people. But they have warped into distraction engines which suck hours of our attention - taking us away from those we could be connecting with....
In these digital times, a smartphone is starting to feel like a necessity, but is it really? There are some apps that we might find difficult to stop using altogether, but would our lives be all that harder if we didn't have just one device...
Disconnected and asking the wrong questions - that's the simplest way to sum up the attempts of U.S lawmakers to question Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in his Congressional hearing. Supposed to be a seminal moment in re-balancing Facebook's power, the two days passed without Zuckerberg breaking much...
At our latest count in the UK, 18-24-year-old women are now spending 88.5 hours a month looking at their smartphones. This might seem shockingly high, but stop to think that the average use across all age groups is now 65.3 hours a month on a...
The Cambridge Analytica scandal has moved into a phase of attempting to show everything that is bad about Facebook's data practices. The huge collection of data by tech companies has dominated most of the conversation, moving into the brash memos of executives who probably should...
Do you ever enjoy taking part in activities where time seems to fly by? Where you are not really conscious of the real world, and the concerns that inhabit it? If the answer is yes, then it's likely that you are experiencing what’s been defined...
Why do you constantly check your phone or social networks? It may well be force of habit – a little bit of boredom creeps in so you unconsciously take out your phone and navigate to Facebook. But then there are also a multitude of other...
Waiting for a bus? Friend a bit late? It’s easy to spend this otherwise seemingly wasted time unlocking your smartphone screen and just checking for little bits of information. Email, social media, perhaps the latest news – it hoovers up the nooks and crannies of...
Smartphone usage is getting dizzyingly high. In March 2017, Ofcom reported that 18-24-year-old women were on their smartphones 88.5 hours a month, and the average for all ages and genders was about 65 hours. It’s not as if anyone wakes up in the morning with...
