Are Smartphones Bad For Us? - SOME MORE NEWS

Hi. Today, we're digging into all the research around smartphone and social media use, especially among teens. Do they cause depression and alienation? Or is this all an overblown moral panic? Or... a confounding third thing, where it's a little of both?

Executive Producer - Katy Stoll
Hosted by Cody Johnston
Directed by Will Gordh
Written by Ella Yurman and David Christopher Bell
Edited by John Conway
Produced by Jonathan Harris
Associate Producer - Quincy Tucker
Post-Production Supervisor - John Conway
Researcher - Marco Siler-Gonzales
Graphics by Clint DeNisco
Head Writer - David Christopher Bell

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:51 - Is it the phones?
04:51 - Student test scores
11:38 - Spurious study
12:49 - Teen loneliness and depression
22:33 - Technology moral panics
28:33 - Maybe it's not the phones, but social media specifically
34:28 - Is social media a non-substance addiction?
40:40 - Shouldn't we regulate this stuff?
45:27 - What else could be causing teen depression?