Re:Teenagers are growing more anxious and depressed
by tdb7893 on Sunday November 26, 2017 @10:06AM
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The issue is that social media is bad for mental health. That means that excessive social media time can be a problem and is more objectionable that reading a book and likely also worse than watching TV or playing video games. I think if everyone was reading or doing something similarly benign on their phones it would be much less of an issue.
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Re:Teenagers are growing more anxious and depressed
by saagarjha on Sunday November 26, 2017 @10:18AM
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> That means that excessive social media time can be a problem and is more objectionable that reading a book and likely also worse than watching TV or playing video games.
That’s a rather serious claim to make without a source to back it up. What makes you think that reading is more “benign” than social media?
Re:Teenagers are growing more anxious and depressed
by tdb7893 on Sunday November 26, 2017 @11:30AM
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Maybe I misunderstood the point of your comment but I'm not trying to argue that reading is good for you (which I personally believe), just that it isn't bad for you and I'm not aware of any controversy around that latter point as I have never heard anyone argue that they are bad for you and I couldn't find any studies saying that it is bad for you. If you think that point is controversial I'm willing to entertain the argument but the claim doesn't seem that serious to me.