The debate over digital technology and young people
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Needs less shock and more substance Through appearances, interviews, and a recent book1 Susan Greenfield, a senior research fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford, has promoted the idea that internet use and computer games can have harmful effects on the brain, emotions, and behaviour, and she draws a parallel between the effects of digital technology and climate change. Despite repeated calls for her to publish these claims in the peer reviewed scientific literature, where clinical researchers can check how well they are supported by evidence, this has not happened, and the claims have largely been aired in the media. As scientists working in mental health, developmental neuropsychology, and the psychological impact of digital technology, we are concerned that Greenfield’s claims are not based on a fair scientific appraisal of the evidence, often confuse correlation for causation, give undue weight to anecdote and poor quality studies, and are misleading to parents and the public at large. Greenfield claims that social networking sites could negatively affect social interaction, interpersonal empathy, and personal identity.1 However, the bulk of research does not …
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The relationship between electronic media use and academic performance is not clear.
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- Authors
- Bell, V., Bishop, D. V. M., & Przybylski, A. K.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bell, Vaughan
- Venue
- BMJ
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2015-08-12
- Volume
- 351
- Pages
- h3064
- ISSN
- 1756-1833 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2133903235
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 2
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BMJ (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (082498/Z/07/Z, 082498)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Digital Media and Philosophy
- Keywords
- digital technologies, internet use, video games, youth, mental health, social networking sites, peer review, quality of evidence, correlation versus causation, public health communication, developmental neuropsychology
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Brain Diseases, Child, Humans, Video Games, Internet, Social Networking
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