{"id":7065,"date":"2017-09-15T16:12:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T16:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7065"},"modified":"2017-08-15T16:15:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T16:15:21","slug":"linked-have-smartphones-destroyed-a-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/09\/15\/linked-have-smartphones-destroyed-a-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2607,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.theatlantic.com\\\/magazine\\\/archive\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation\\\/534198&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251103010438\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.theatlantic.com\\\/magazine\\\/archive\\\/2017\\\/09\\\/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation\\\/534198\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 00:34:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-19 18:49:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 18:24:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 13:24:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 13:24:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2017\/09\/has-the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation\/534198\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">via The Atlantic<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Social-networking sites like Facebook promise to connect us to friends. But the portrait of iGen teens emerging from the data is one of a lonely, dislocated generation. Teens who visit social-networking sites every day but see their friends in person less frequently are the most likely to agree with the statements \u201cA lot of times I feel lonely,\u201d \u201cI often feel left out of things,\u201d and \u201cI often wish I had more good friends.\u201d Teens\u2019 feelings of loneliness spiked in 2013 and have remained high since.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This doesn\u2019t always mean that, on an individual level, kids who spend more time online are lonelier than kids who spend less time online. Teens who spend more time on social media also spend more time with their friends in person, on average\u2014highly social teens are more social in both venues, and less social teens are less so. But at the generational level, when teens spend more time on smartphones and less time on in-person social interactions, loneliness is more common.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So is depression. Once again, the effect of screen activities is unmistakable: The more time teens spend looking at screens, the more likely they are to report symptoms of depression. Eighth-graders who are heavy users of social media increase their risk of depression by 27 percent, while those who play sports, go to religious services, or even do homework more than the average teen cut their risk significantly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Teens who spend three hours a day or more on electronic devices are 35 percent more likely to have a risk factor for suicide, such as making a suicide plan. (That\u2019s much more than the risk related to, say, watching TV.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you\u2019re a parent, this is a must-read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via The Atlantic: Social-networking sites like Facebook promise to connect us to friends. But the portrait of iGen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-09-15T16:12:55Z","apple_news_api_id":"e4bc7053-e35a-4ca8-84f6-ec4e89f2d595","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-09-15T16:12:57Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A5LxwU-NaTKiE9uxOifLVlQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1PX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6083,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/linked-snapchats-teen-fans-wince-as-app-catches-on-with-their-folks\/","url_meta":{"origin":7065,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Snapchat\u2019s Teen Fans Wince as App Catches On With Their Folks&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via WSJ: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of shocking,\u201d said Mr. Zeikos, an 18-year-old university student in Manchester, England. \u201cMost people who use Snapchat are in my generation, so it\u2019s bizarre to see someone older use Snapchat.\u201d Part of the article mentioned that advertisers like to market to teens instead of adults. 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Twitter is totally different when you have thousands of people following you versus only a handful of your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ideas&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ideas","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/ideas\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7148,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/10\/31\/linked-us-teens-engage-with-imessage-more-than-any-other-social-platform\/","url_meta":{"origin":7065,"position":2},"title":"Linked: &#8220;US Teens engage with iMessage more than any other social platform&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Hacker Noon: This just in, people text on their phones more than any other feature. Don\u2019t give iMessage that much credit guys. It\u2019s an SMS platform. 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That strategy works well if you want to follow a path like mine after college: working for small companies that care less about your GPA, or that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":263,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2009\/05\/01\/speaking-at-sdforum\/","url_meta":{"origin":7065,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 Speaking at SDForum: &#8220;Tech Titans of Tomorrow: Teens Plugged In&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"May 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been very fortunate to be invited to speak at SDForum this month as a panelist. As many of you know, I was also a part of a panel at Social Media Club just 2 weeks ago and I'm enthusiastic about sharing my thoughts on yet another panel. 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