Significant Studies and Articles

STUDIES

•  Pew Research Center: Book Reading 2016 How much Americans read, and what instruments they prefer for reading books.


• Pew Research Center2017 Study on “Password-challenged Internet Users”


•  The Digital DNA of Gen Z: Presentation on the social media habits of Generation Z (born mid-90's-early 2000); presentation at the 2016 Digital Citizenship Summit. Slideshare program also available.


• Nielsen 2106 Social Media Report: Gen Xers use social media more than Millennials do?


• Pew Research Internet Project: Social Media and the "Spiral of Silence": 2014 study on the way social media can actually inhibit the free expression of opinions through self-censorship 


• CARA 2012 study of Catholics' use of social media (commissioned by the US Bishops)


• Digital Natives: The complete Frontline documentary.


• Common Sense Media: Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View their Digital Lives: 2012 survey of 13-17 year-olds.


• Pew Research Center: The Rise of Apps Culture (what's on your cell phone?).


• Pew Research Center: Understanding the participatory news consumer: How internet and cell phone users have turned news into a social experience.


• Pew Research Center for People and the Press: Americans Spending More Time Following the News: Where Americans are getting their news and what they're doing with it.


• Pew Research Center: The Rise of e-Reading



• Oxford Internet Surveys on the Internet Cultures in the UK

ARTICLES

• Media Ecology is Already Christian: Why McLuhan Is What the Church Needs for the new Evangelization 


• Surprise: You’re the New Medium, by James Ogden Sharpe (on Snapchat, from Second Nature)


• Revel co-founder’s new startup aims to build a web of authentic identities


• Why You Need Less Noise for Work and Your Health


• How Smartphone Addiction is Affecting our Physical and Mental Health


• You Asked: Am I addicted to My Phone?


• Why We're All Addicted to Texts, Twitter and Google


• Gray Matters: Too Much Screen Time Damages the Brain, by Victoria L. Dunckley, MD


• Five Top Warning Signs of Internet Pornography Addiction


• 7 Important Reasons to Unplug and Find Space, by Joshua Becker


• How to Break the Habit of Checking your Phone all the Time


• It’s “Digital Heroin”: How Screens Turn Kids into Psychotic Junkies, by Dr Nicholas Kardaras


• Kids turn violent as parents battle ‘digital heroin’ addiction, by Dr Nicholas Kardaras (follow-up article to the above post) “Over 200 peer-reviewed studies correlate excessive screen usage with a whole host of clinical disorders, including addiction.”


• Half of teens think they’re addicted to their smartphones


• Neuroscience Reveals the Nourishing Benefits that Silence Has on Your Brain


• Don’t Ignore Clergy in Effects of Pornography (Editorial, NCR 2013)


• Yes, the Internet is Changing Your Brain, by Mark McGuinness


• What Is a Constant Cycle of Violent News Doing to Us?


• This is Your Brain on Internet: A Mindfulness Manifesto for 2016, by Joseph A. Annibali, MD


• 7 Psychological Reasons Solitude Can Make You More Successful, by Daphne Ramos


• 5 Ways Quitting Facebook Will Improve Your Mental Health, by Alice G. Walton


• How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationships, by Helen Lee Lin (from Scientific American)


• Addicted to Your Phone? Try this Practice—Phone in Hand, by Mitch Abblett (from Mindful)


• Say “Hello” to the Anti-Smartphone, by Matthew V. Libassi