Why are today’s teenagers so anxious, depressed and easily distracted in school? A social psychologist at NYU’s School of Business answers the question in his new book “The Anxious Generation.” In it, Professor Jonathan Haidt points out the very recent history of the cell phone and its negative impact on our young people.
First, came the arrival of the iPhone in 2007, then the continuing spread of broadband internet. The third change starting in 2009, was what he calls “the new age of hyper-virialized social media, with likes, retweets and shares.” In 2010, came the front-facing camera on smartphones, which greatly expanded the number of adolescents posting carefully curated photos and videos of their lives for their peers and strangers, not just to see, but to judge.
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