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07/31/2018 / By Zoey Sky

How to start your pain-free digital detox

Are you always checking your phone out of habit instead of necessity? If your answer is “yes,” it may be time for a digital detox. According to psychologists in the U.K., checking your phone at least a dozen of times a day can be a sign of unconscious behavior that’s “extremely repetitive.” Can people get […]

06/08/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Constantly checking your phone actually makes you more stressed…to the point that you get anxious when you’re not “connected”

Do you feel more stressed after checking your phone? Are your notifications constantly on your mind? According to a report by the American Psychological Association (APA), more than four out of five adults in the U.S. are always checking their emails, social media accounts, and texts on their phones. The second part of APA’s report, called “Stress in America™: […]

02/07/2018 / By Zoey Sky

The miserable generation: Smartphones make children unhappy, screen time should be limited to 2 hours per day, study finds

According to a recent study, teenagers who spend too much time on their smartphones are unhappier. Scientists from San Diego State University (SDSU) advised teenagers to spend less than two hours daily on digital media so they can “boost their happiness and self-esteem.” This means minimizing time spent playing computer games, on social media, texting, […]

11/20/2017 / By Rita Winters

How social media is socially stunting our society: An anthropologist and acclaimed journalist shares his warnings

Facebook has been around for more than a decade now and more than 100 million people worldwide actively use the social media platform. However, more and more people are expressing their concerns regarding the rise of social media usage and how it apparently displaces the global population’s capacity to socialize naturally, and decreases our emotional and […]

08/05/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Weather-based MIND CONTROL: Mobile app advertisers check the weather in your area to decide what ads will influence you the most

It’s not exactly a secret that advertisers have been getting increasingly creative with how they promote products to consumers in recent years. Most movies and television shows today are replete with product placement from companies that are willing to spend millions just to get their product seen by more people, even if that product is […]

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