Tag: Smartphones
What’s a Luddite? An expert on technology and society explains
Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University
The term “Luddite” emerged in early 1800s England. At the time there was a...
Gen Z goes retro: Why the younger generation is ditching smartphones...
Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/gen-z-goes-retro--why-the-younger-generation-is-ditching-smartphones-for--dumb-phones-
There is a growing movement among Gen Z to do away with...
Why Apple can hold the line on iPhone prices, as smartphones...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Inflation in the U.S. is surging to near a 40-year high, with prices on...
Gen Z smartphone addiction can boost compulsive buying – but businesses...
Nisreen Ameen, Royal Holloway University of London
People born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s – so-called generation Z...
Consumer electronics have changed a lot in 20 years – systems...
Callie Babbitt, Rochester Institute of Technology and Shahana Althaf, Yale University
It’s hard to imagine navigating modern life without a mobile phone in hand. Computers,...
Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter.
Since 2010, depression,...
The bizarre social history of beds
Brian Fagan, University of California, Santa Barbara
Groucho Marx once joked, “Anything that can’t be done in bed isn’t worth doing at all.” You might...
The mental health crisis among America’s youth is real – and...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
The first signs of a problem started to emerge around 2014: More young people said they felt overwhelmed and...