Smartphone Nation
Why We're All Addicted to Screens and What Your Family Can Do About It
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'Equips us with the practical tools needed to build a healthier, happier future for ourselves and our kids’ – Daisy Greenwell, co-founder Smartphone-Free Childhood
'A smart first step into completely resetting your digital life' – Stylist
'A candid, rigorous, and witty read on how to stop digital devices from wreaking havoc on our lives' – Adam Grant, author of Think Again
The tools you need to protect yourself – and your family – from online harm.
If you’re worried about the effect screens are having on your kids, or will have in the future, Smartphone Nation is the book you need. We advise young people, when they encounter online harm to speak to the adults in their lives. But most adults don’t understand what's actually driving this content and so we don’t have the tools to support young people when they most need it.
Now, in Smartphone Nation, we do.
Perfect for readers of The Anxious Generation, in this highly practical book, Dr Kaitlyn Regehr – one of the UK’s leading experts on digital literacy – explains what we and our kids are being fed on our devices and, crucially, how to take control over it.
This life-changing guide provides practical tips for talking to kids about smartphone use, covering tricky topics like smartphone bans, misogyny, body image, sexual content and misinformation. It’s essential reading for parents, and anyone who has ever thought there’s more to life than staring at a screen.
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Digital humanities professor Regehr (The League of Exotic Dancers) delivers a transformative guide to reevaluating technology habits. She likens her framework for digital consumption to the food pyramid, explaining that some technology, like nutrient-rich foods, is good for people, but much of the algorithm-fed content users receive is addictive and harmful, like candy. The author emphasizes learning to recognize the ways social media apps use data-informed strategies to keep people engaged, making it easy for users to get stuck in echo chambers and become susceptible to misinformation. Throughout, Regehr offers readers guidance for identifying and addressing their own harmful technology habits as well as their children's. For example, people should recognize they're in an echo chamber, or "you-loop," if every piece of content they're interacting with has the same opinion. To help kids avoid this, she advises parents to teach them the importance of healthy debate. She also offers a slew of practical tips for moderating consumption, like turning smartphones to grayscale to diminish their addictiveness and using a variety of browsers to avoid targeted advertising. Her smart and accessible "Digital Diet Pyramid," which outlines how the various types of digital engagement—from passive use to education and learning—should be prioritized, will help readers think critically about their screen time. This successfully equips families to upend unhealthy digital practices.
