Addicted to your devices? According to experts, not all screen time is created equal. Here are some healthier ways to spend time online
The average UK adult spends around 7.5 hours a day on a screen, whether that’s a phone, laptop, games console or TV. That figure may even be conservative, particularly for those whose jobs require them to be online. As concern around screen time mounts, the instinctive response has been to demonise it. The reality, however, is more nuanced. As the Guardian’s video games editor and author of Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, Keza MacDonald, recently put it: “Not all screen time is created equal.”
Spending an hour learning a language on Duolingo is not the same as flicking through dozens of short-form videos on TikTok. Video-calling a friend is not equivalent to trolling someone on Facebook. The difference lies in how consciously we engage.
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Addicted to your devices? According to experts, not all screen time is created equal. Here are some healthier ways to spend time onlineThe average UK adult spends around 7.5 hours a day on a screen, whether that’s a p...
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