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Poverty linked to Facebook and Instagram addiction in adolescents
According to an international team of researchers, including McGill University professor Frank Elgar, teenagers with lower incomes are more likely to report addictive use of social media. The results show a link between economic inequality and the problematic use of social media platforms and instant messaging applications. Researchers identified problematic social media use in teens who reported six or more addiction-like behaviors, such as feeling bad when not using social media, trying but not spending less time using it and using social media to escape negative feelings. The situation is worse in schools where wealth differences between peers are greater. The authors say the results, based on more than 179,000 schoolchildren in 40 countries, suggest that new strategies are needed in social media use that promote ways to disengage. Action by policymakers could help limit harmful behavior among young people, the authors add. These negative patterns include not being able to cut down on screen time or lying to friends and family about social media use.
Can an egalitarian world reduce problematic social media use? Evidence from the Health Behavior in School-aged Children study in 43 countries, by Michela Lenzi, Frank Elgar et al., was published in Information, Communication and Society.
Keep your eyes peeled no matter what: November 23rd to December 2nd
From physics and chemistry to cultural studies, students from across McGill University are taking part in a mystery-thriller play opening this week. Pomona is a dark cross between Stranger Things, Raiders of the Lost Ark and the stories of HP Lovecraft and tells the story of a young woman who is forced to participate in a Dungeons & Dragons-like role-playing game while searching for her. sister lost in a nightmare underworld. Professor Sean Carney of McGill’s English Department directs the play and performs in theater productions during his student days. For him, it is an opportunity to introduce students to contemporary British theatre, one of his areas of expertise. According to Carney, the play, written by Alistair McDowall in 2014, offers a message about how we negotiate our way through a world that has been created for us where things seem to go wrong all the time.
Audiences can begin to delve into the world of Pomona on the following dates: November 23-25, November 30 and December 1-2 at Moyse Hall Theater at 7:30 p.m.
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