Kids and Phones: Moral Panic or Time to Panic? with Jonathan Haidt
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Debating the Link Between Social Media and Mental Health
The speaker raises concerns about the balance needed when discussing the relationship between social media and mental health, emphasizing the difference between correlation and causation. They highlight the divide between skeptics and alarmists in research, asserting the importance of moving from correlational studies to experiments to understand causality. By collecting and reviewing numerous experiments, the speaker aims to address the critics and provide evidence supporting the potential harmful effects of social media on mental health, despite the ongoing debate within the scientific community.
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