Screentime and Addiction
We believe that it’s only a matter of time until habitual smartphone use is listed officially as an addiction in the mental health community. One reason for this is that we know, anecdotally, that all of us who are smartphone…
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Doomscrolling
Way back in the 1970s media critic George Gerbner coined the term mean-world syndrome. In his research, Gerbner was finding that viewers who were exposed to a growing amount of violent television content were more apt to experience an increased…
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Screentime and Addiction
We believe that it’s only a matter of time until habitual smartphone use is listed officially as an addiction in the mental health community. One reason for this is that we know, anecdotally, that all of us who are smartphone…
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The Self-Control App
I recently learned about a free downloadable Mac application that is designed to help users avoid distractions that come with a lack of self control while online. The app is simply named “self control.” It functions by allowing a user…
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Limit Screen Time
Whether you know it or not, most if not all of us engage from time to time in what’s known as ethnographic research. Ethnography is the study of people in their social environments through the practice of observation. Your own…
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Nomophobia
I recently did a little internet search that resulted in learning just how many types of phobias and fears exist in today’s world. For example, Octophobia is the fear of the figure eight. Chromophobia is the fear of colors. Koumpounophobia…
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