NYTIMES (Emma Goldberg) - “Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement
In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.
DAILYCALLER (Hudson Crozier) - Leftists Cry About NYU Commencement Speaker Because He Suggested Social Media Isn’t Good For Kids
'Leading figures of a contemporary moral panic'
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NYTIMES (Jeremy W. Peters and Matthew Haag) - N.Y.U. Students Object to Graduation Speaker Jonathan Haidt, Who Calls Their Generation ‘Coddled’
Jonathan Haidt, a professor, says that colleges shield students from challenging ideas. But student leaders said he does not represent their values.
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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Evie Solheim) - Did Social Media Kill Girlhood?
Despite an interesting thesis, Freya India’s GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything falls flat. The post Did Social Media Kill Girlhood? appeared first on The American Conservative .
Books Did Social Media Kill Girlhood? Despite an interesting thesis, Freya India’s GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything falls flat. (Photo by Richard Baker/In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images) Painters think in brushstrokes. Directors think in scenes. Women under 30 think in Instagram stories. Young women’s travel, clothing, hobbies, and even their romantic relationships are subconsciously selected based on what would look best photographed, filtered, and ironically captioned. Digital life and real life are not in competition; they’ve melded. Social media isn’t a hobby or a distraction for young women; it is their medium of self-creation and, in some instances, self-destruction—and it has ruined…Open
NPR (Tahneer Oksman) - A kids' guide to phone-free fun, from the author of 'The Anxious Generation'
Jonathan Haidt's 2024 book made the case that screen time had "rewired" kids' brains. The Amazing Generation is a collab with science journalist Catherine Price and graphic novelist Cynthia Yuan Cheng.
The Anxious Generation made the case that smartphones and social media had "rewired" kids' brains. His new book, The Amazing Generation, is a collaboration with science journalist Catherine Price and graphic novelist Cynthia Yuan Cheng.'/Open