While the COVID-19 pandemic spurred significant progress in expanding rural home internet access, these gains are proving temporary as resources dwindle.
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The growing absence of non-digital alternatives to everyday tasks, like government services and health care, is contributing to digital dependence. This, in turn, affects people’s wellbeing.
Their social media feeds contain images of tanks, bombs and war-style propaganda. Here’s how to help them navigate social media ‘news’ content about war, while minimising any distress.
Research from Meta and some scientists shows no harm from social media, but other research and whistleblower testimony show otherwise. Seemingly contradictory, both can be right.
When young adults create and share online content focused on consumer products, it can trigger a social comparison process that results in feelings of inferiority and low self-esteem.
New tools to help people use their smartphones in less detrimental ways are a good start, but could be even better at protecting users’ well-being.
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University
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Senior Lecturer, Marketing Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Media and Information and Interim Director of the Quello Center, Michigan State University
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Ph.D. Candidate and Research Assistant, Michigan State University
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing and Media, University of British Columbia
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Doctoral Candidate, Media and Communication, University of Stavanger
