As the head of a media and communications program, my life’s digital-analogue balance was off. Four weeks at sea with no devices refocussed my views – even on things that had been there all along.
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The relationship between our smartphones and levels of the stress hormone cortisol isn’t yet clear, but people report feeling more stressed than they were before they had a smartphone.
Looking for a short-term fix from the very thing that is causing you long-term problems is a symptom of addiction.
Many of us complain about the stress of being ‘always on’ – here’s what life could be like, if you actually disconnected.
Six things you can do to control your social media addiction.
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Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Information Systems, UMass Amherst
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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Professor of Digital Culture, Business and Computing, Durham University
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Professor, School of Psychoeducation and researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal
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Professor, Academy of Geography, Sociology and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
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Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Psychology, University of Strathclyde
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Creative Technology & Design, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Emerita Provost Professor of Psychology and Business, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Data Science; Director, Adelaide Data Science Centre, Adelaide University
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Professor, Macquarie University
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Researcher in Data Science, University of Colorado Boulder