Alicia Gilbert
@aliciagilbert.bsky.social
PhD candidate communication science @ifpmainz.bsky.social @unimainz.bsky.social
digital disconnection | social media | self-regulation | well-being
digital disconnection | social media | self-regulation | well-being
and here we are in 2025, when @economist.com publishes nonsense on AI facereading for evaluating people's hirability -- the lack of historic awareness is staggering
Ausführliches zur volksverhetzenden antisemitischen Propagandaausstellung "Der ewige Jude". 👇
Vor 80 Jahren: Die NS-Propagandaausstellung "Der ewige Jude" wird eröffnet | Hintergrund aktuell | bpb.de
Am 8. November 1937 wurde in München die Ausstellung "Der ewige Jude" eröffnet. Hunderttausende Menschen kamen in den darauffolgenden Wochen, um die antisemitische "Schandausstellung" im Deutschen Mus...
www.bpb.de
November 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
and here we are in 2025, when @economist.com publishes nonsense on AI facereading for evaluating people's hirability -- the lack of historic awareness is staggering
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🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🎉 The PolComm Database Dashboard is live!
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
The database content is now available in an interactive dashboard: a milestone since launching submissions at #ICA25 in Denver.
Explore this resource here
👉 politicalcommunication.org/resources/
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Had fun presenting on my forthcoming work about social media habits and addiction at the USC Neely Center and Addiction Sciences Institute the other week...A recording is now available on YouTube! Link below goes to my intro and ~15min talk; Q&A is at the end!
youtu.be/QT6G0PpvQhg?...
youtu.be/QT6G0PpvQhg?...
State of the Science: Digital Media and Addiction Webinar
YouTube video by Neely Center
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Had fun presenting on my forthcoming work about social media habits and addiction at the USC Neely Center and Addiction Sciences Institute the other week...A recording is now available on YouTube! Link below goes to my intro and ~15min talk; Q&A is at the end!
youtu.be/QT6G0PpvQhg?...
youtu.be/QT6G0PpvQhg?...
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🎉 📣 Out now in Communication Research! 📣 🎉
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🎉 📣 Out now in Communication Research! 📣 🎉
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
What makes us stop using #media in a specific situation?
A new study by my great co-author @annastockmann.bsky.social and me examines situational #disengagement from #TikTok and #Instagram. 📱 🔚
Find the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Ever found yourself scrolling on your phone in the middle of a conversation?📱👥Curious about why this happens, @annastockmann.bsky.social and I explored the situational drivers of co-present phone use in our new🔓#OpenAccess paper, just published in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social🎉 (1/6)
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Ever found yourself scrolling on your phone in the middle of a conversation?📱👥Curious about why this happens, @annastockmann.bsky.social and I explored the situational drivers of co-present phone use in our new🔓#OpenAccess paper, just published in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social🎉 (1/6)
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✨ Scholar in the Spotlight is here!
Meet Rich Ling - our very first featured scholar! Discover his insights and what makes his tick!
Here's the fun part: each scholar picks the next one to spotlight. Who will Rich choose? 👀
Read the full interview 👉 www.icamobile.org/spotlight-ri...
#ICAMobile
Meet Rich Ling - our very first featured scholar! Discover his insights and what makes his tick!
Here's the fun part: each scholar picks the next one to spotlight. Who will Rich choose? 👀
Read the full interview 👉 www.icamobile.org/spotlight-ri...
#ICAMobile
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
✨ Scholar in the Spotlight is here!
Meet Rich Ling - our very first featured scholar! Discover his insights and what makes his tick!
Here's the fun part: each scholar picks the next one to spotlight. Who will Rich choose? 👀
Read the full interview 👉 www.icamobile.org/spotlight-ri...
#ICAMobile
Meet Rich Ling - our very first featured scholar! Discover his insights and what makes his tick!
Here's the fun part: each scholar picks the next one to spotlight. Who will Rich choose? 👀
Read the full interview 👉 www.icamobile.org/spotlight-ri...
#ICAMobile
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We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We built the openESM database:
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
▶️60 openly available experience sampling datasets (16K+ participants, 740K+ obs.) in one place
▶️Harmonized (meta-)data, fully open-source software
▶️Filter & search all data, simply download via R/Python
Find out more:
🌐 openesmdata.org
📝 doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Thank you @overbye.bsky.social — going to Greece to present the paper wasn’t so bad either 👀
Also thanks to my wonderful co-authors @aliciaernst.bsky.social, @rkreling.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @mscharkow.bsky.social, @leonardreinecke.bsky.social and Benedikt! More to come soon!
Also thanks to my wonderful co-authors @aliciaernst.bsky.social, @rkreling.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @mscharkow.bsky.social, @leonardreinecke.bsky.social and Benedikt! More to come soon!
October 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Thank you @overbye.bsky.social — going to Greece to present the paper wasn’t so bad either 👀
Also thanks to my wonderful co-authors @aliciaernst.bsky.social, @rkreling.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @mscharkow.bsky.social, @leonardreinecke.bsky.social and Benedikt! More to come soon!
Also thanks to my wonderful co-authors @aliciaernst.bsky.social, @rkreling.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social, @mscharkow.bsky.social, @leonardreinecke.bsky.social and Benedikt! More to come soon!
5 years of the digitox seminar series 🥳 It's now practically an institution for those interested in digital disconnection research
A must attend in Jan 👇
A must attend in Jan 👇
Looking forward to being on this STACKED panel celebrating five years of the Digitox seminar series on digital disconnection 🎉 We'll be taking stock of the past, present, and future of disconnection 📵
www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/...
www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/...
Digitox seminar January 2026
- Department of Media and Communication
The state of the field: A panel conversation on theoretical and methodological developments in disconnection studies. Where have we been and where are we going?
www.hf.uio.no
October 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
5 years of the digitox seminar series 🥳 It's now practically an institution for those interested in digital disconnection research
A must attend in Jan 👇
A must attend in Jan 👇
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ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions!
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
ReplicationResearch.org is now open for submissions!
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
Submit replications and reproductions from many different fields, as well as conceptual contributions. With diamond OA, open and citable peer review reports, and reproducibility checks, we push the boundaries of open and fair publishing.
New work from our lab 💕
Finally a paper with all my lab besties
Finally a paper with all my lab besties
Interested in…
a) taking theories out of the lab (and try to specify them to work irl)
b) computational methods (data donations, LLM content analysis)
c) media coping
d) all of the above?
Then our new HCR-paper is *just* for you! doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...
a) taking theories out of the lab (and try to specify them to work irl)
b) computational methods (data donations, LLM content analysis)
c) media coping
d) all of the above?
Then our new HCR-paper is *just* for you! doi.org/10.1093/hcr/...
October 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New work from our lab 💕
Finally a paper with all my lab besties
Finally a paper with all my lab besties
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Another year, another full slate of @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar events! Here are the details:
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Another year, another full slate of @icamobile.bsky.social student and early career scholar events! Here are the details:
💡Pub alert 💡
Why do users stop a media activity?
Today I presented "101 reasons to stop: A systematic review of media cues for disengagement" at #CHIGreece2025 🏖️
The full paper - the 3rd of my PhD thesis - is now available #openaccess at
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Summary below ⬇️
Why do users stop a media activity?
Today I presented "101 reasons to stop: A systematic review of media cues for disengagement" at #CHIGreece2025 🏖️
The full paper - the 3rd of my PhD thesis - is now available #openaccess at
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Summary below ⬇️
September 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
💡Pub alert 💡
Why do users stop a media activity?
Today I presented "101 reasons to stop: A systematic review of media cues for disengagement" at #CHIGreece2025 🏖️
The full paper - the 3rd of my PhD thesis - is now available #openaccess at
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Summary below ⬇️
Why do users stop a media activity?
Today I presented "101 reasons to stop: A systematic review of media cues for disengagement" at #CHIGreece2025 🏖️
The full paper - the 3rd of my PhD thesis - is now available #openaccess at
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Summary below ⬇️
Returned from this year's #MediaPsych25 conference in Duisburg with lots of inspiration, food for thought, & new ideas (note to self: no, you cannot start 2 more projects).
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
September 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Returned from this year's #MediaPsych25 conference in Duisburg with lots of inspiration, food for thought, & new ideas (note to self: no, you cannot start 2 more projects).
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
Got valuable feedback on my theoretical work on #disengagement - why & how do users stop exposure?
@mepsy.bsky.social
(1/3)
Doug will present our current project on digital #disconnection discourses at the #MediaPsych25 conference this Thursday! @mepsy.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
From r/nosurf to #digitaldetox: A computational analysis of discourses of technology resistance and digital well-being
@chrdrn.bsky.social, @klingelhoefer.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social
We will present preliminary results from our analysis of Twitter & Reddit data.
📆 11.09, 16h15, LK051
@chrdrn.bsky.social, @klingelhoefer.bsky.social, @aliciagilbert.bsky.social
We will present preliminary results from our analysis of Twitter & Reddit data.
📆 11.09, 16h15, LK051
September 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Doug will present our current project on digital #disconnection discourses at the #MediaPsych25 conference this Thursday! @mepsy.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
@chrdrn.bsky.social @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @dougaparry.bsky.social
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🔥Hot off the press: Studie zur Repräsentation weiblicher Forschender in den Medien 👉
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
📰 Inhaltsanalyse: 4.860 Medienartikel
👩🔬 Nur 18% der zitierten Expert:innen sind Frauen
📊 Frauenanteil in der Forschung: ca. 31%
➡️ Deutliche Sichtbarkeitslücke für weibliche Forschende
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
📰 Inhaltsanalyse: 4.860 Medienartikel
👩🔬 Nur 18% der zitierten Expert:innen sind Frauen
📊 Frauenanteil in der Forschung: ca. 31%
➡️ Deutliche Sichtbarkeitslücke für weibliche Forschende
September 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🔥Hot off the press: Studie zur Repräsentation weiblicher Forschender in den Medien 👉
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
📰 Inhaltsanalyse: 4.860 Medienartikel
👩🔬 Nur 18% der zitierten Expert:innen sind Frauen
📊 Frauenanteil in der Forschung: ca. 31%
➡️ Deutliche Sichtbarkeitslücke für weibliche Forschende
doi.org/10.1177/0963...
📰 Inhaltsanalyse: 4.860 Medienartikel
👩🔬 Nur 18% der zitierten Expert:innen sind Frauen
📊 Frauenanteil in der Forschung: ca. 31%
➡️ Deutliche Sichtbarkeitslücke für weibliche Forschende
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Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
September 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Radical right accommodation really does not work.
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Guten Morgen, hier ist der zweite Teil Juckt?! zur Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdqJo91c/
Viel Spaß ☺️
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdqJo91c/
Viel Spaß ☺️
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Guten Morgen, hier ist der zweite Teil Juckt?! zur Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdqJo91c/
Viel Spaß ☺️
vm.tiktok.com/ZNdqJo91c/
Viel Spaß ☺️
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Very cool breakdown of our study on the motivations of everyday digital disconnection in this TikTok Video (in German):
Guten Morgen, die neuste Folge Juckt?! ist online: vm.tiktok.com/ZNdVx1LFP/
Heute geht es um eine Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
Der zweite Teil kommt Donnerstag - viel Spaß ☺️
Heute geht es um eine Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
Der zweite Teil kommt Donnerstag - viel Spaß ☺️
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Very cool breakdown of our study on the motivations of everyday digital disconnection in this TikTok Video (in German):
Reposted by Alicia Gilbert
Guten Morgen, die neuste Folge Juckt?! ist online: vm.tiktok.com/ZNdVx1LFP/
Heute geht es um eine Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
Der zweite Teil kommt Donnerstag - viel Spaß ☺️
Heute geht es um eine Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
Der zweite Teil kommt Donnerstag - viel Spaß ☺️
TikTok - Make Your Day
vm.tiktok.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Guten Morgen, die neuste Folge Juckt?! ist online: vm.tiktok.com/ZNdVx1LFP/
Heute geht es um eine Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
Der zweite Teil kommt Donnerstag - viel Spaß ☺️
Heute geht es um eine Studie von @klingelhoefer.bsky.social @aliciagilbert.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
Der zweite Teil kommt Donnerstag - viel Spaß ☺️
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Longitudinal evidence on media entertainment effects, anyone? New paper out w/ @leonardreinecke.bsky.social looking at links between entertainment use and meaning making daily, weekly, & over 6 months. Two studies, 1,872 participants, 15,290 observations. Summary 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0093...
Entertainment Contributes to Adaptive Coping: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Interplay Between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment, Escapism, and Meaning Making - Rebekka J. Kreling, Leonard Rei...
Traditionally, research has focused on investigating short-term effects of entertainment media use. This paper, however, takes a salutogenetic perspective in ex...
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Longitudinal evidence on media entertainment effects, anyone? New paper out w/ @leonardreinecke.bsky.social looking at links between entertainment use and meaning making daily, weekly, & over 6 months. Two studies, 1,872 participants, 15,290 observations. Summary 👇 doi.org/10.1177/0093...
" ...there was 'concerning evidence' that...some providers were 'over-anticipating the eventual needs of regulators about providing personal information for future investigations' and were building tools to enable regulators or law enforcement to retrace actions of people"
*surprised Pickachu face*
*surprised Pickachu face*
Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’
Trial of tech that could be used to keep Australian under-16s off social media finds some errors ‘inevitable’
Report from age assurance trial finds multiple fallback options may be needed, as communications minister says there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution
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The official trial of age assurance technologies that could be used to keep under-16s from accessing social media has found that while there were effective options, errors were inevitable and age estimation tools were more likely to make mistakes for users within two years of 16.
The long-awaited report from the trial found that companies may need to provide multiple “fallback options” such as ID checks in those cases where age estimation technology fails. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
" ...there was 'concerning evidence' that...some providers were 'over-anticipating the eventual needs of regulators about providing personal information for future investigations' and were building tools to enable regulators or law enforcement to retrace actions of people"
*surprised Pickachu face*
*surprised Pickachu face*
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Age verification laws exploit the moral panic over social media to repackage old censorship tactics under the guise of protecting children. Like book bans, tech ban proponents have performed a lot of concern for children and parents’ ability to control what information they have access to.
We must fight age verification with all we have | Taylor Lorenz
Get more from Taylor Lorenz on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Age verification laws exploit the moral panic over social media to repackage old censorship tactics under the guise of protecting children. Like book bans, tech ban proponents have performed a lot of concern for children and parents’ ability to control what information they have access to.
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social is currently rolling out a new special issue on #time -- we're really happy to contribute a #multiverse analysis on the role of time specifications in the study of media effects on well-being!
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
To investigate media effects, do we have to think more clearly about time ⌚? Our new publication in the 🎉*Journal of Communication*🎉 investigates how our conceptualizations of time can affect our conclusions: doi.org/10.1093/joc/... (1/6)
Possible futures all at once: time frame and time lag in short-term longitudinal media effects research on well-being
Abstract. When assessing media effects, we seldom consider how they change over time. Especially with the prevalence of smartphone use as short-lived, frag
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
@journal-of-comm.bsky.social is currently rolling out a new special issue on #time -- we're really happy to contribute a #multiverse analysis on the role of time specifications in the study of media effects on well-being!
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
@klingelhoefer.bsky.social @chrdrn.bsky.social @adrianmeier.bsky.social
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Sorry one more thing. The piece closes by saying: “Today’s kids want to spend their childhood in the real world. Let’s give it back to them.”.
Is it not possible for the “worlds” to coexist? Can’t we simply advocate for kids spending more time outside without demonising their internet access?
Is it not possible for the “worlds” to coexist? Can’t we simply advocate for kids spending more time outside without demonising their internet access?
August 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sorry one more thing. The piece closes by saying: “Today’s kids want to spend their childhood in the real world. Let’s give it back to them.”.
Is it not possible for the “worlds” to coexist? Can’t we simply advocate for kids spending more time outside without demonising their internet access?
Is it not possible for the “worlds” to coexist? Can’t we simply advocate for kids spending more time outside without demonising their internet access?