iGen: why today’s super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy – and completely unprepared for adulthood

By Sonia Livingstone. 2018

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Subfields: Communication, Education, Sociology and Political Science

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Trends in U.S. Adolescents’ media use, 1976–2016: The rise of digital media, the decline of TV, and the (near) demise of print. (2019, background): “Thus, instead of examining how these activities relate to each other among individuals, we seek to understand trends in leisure time media use at the group level (that of cohorts or generations; Twenge, 2014, 2017).”
Nature contact and mood benefits: contact duration and mood type (2018, background): “Even in the general population, mood disorders such as anxiety are the most frequent psychological disorders and are particularly prevalent among post-secondary students (Blanco et al., 2008; Statistics Canada, 2013; Twenge, 2017).”
Adolescent Mental Health in the Digital Age: Facts, Fears and Future Directions (2020, positive): “…regarding the claim that digital technology usage has led to increases in adolescent depression and related mental health problems (Daly, 2018; Livingstone, 2018); however, much of the conversation about contemporary adolescents’ mental health implicates digital technology usage as…”
Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time (2018, methodology): “…both screen and nonscreen activities—may be especially important, as iGen1 adolescents in the 2010s spent more time on electronic communication and less time on inperson interaction than their Millennial and Generation X (GenX) predecessors at the same age (Twenge, 2017; Twenge & Uhls, 2017).”