In striking new statistics, experts warn of social media's growing grip on young people, with use among children and teens soaring by more than 200% since before COVID and showing no sign of decline.
  • Reading for fun: The proportion of children who never read for fun increased from 11% to 53%
  • Arts participation: Those who never took part in arts activities rose from 26% to 70%
  • Music: Students who never joined extracurricular music increased from 70% to 85%
  • Social media use: Daily users jumped more than 200%, from 26% to 85%, while non-users plummeted from 31% to just 3%.
  • Rooster326@programming.dev
    2·
    15 days ago

    Is this a big surprise?

    There are thousands of people whose entire job is to make social media as addicting as possible.

    Edit: Study also took place from 2019 to 2022. Does anyone remember any big events during that time that might idk affect that? You know like a fuckin global pandemic???

    You couldn’t go to school to play sports, art, or music even if you wanted to in 2019.

  • Stache_@lemmy.ml
    1·
    15 days ago

    Study took place 2019 to 2022 and involved 14,000 Australian students aged 11-14

    • Pechente@feddit.org
      1·
      15 days ago

      It’s quite unfortunate that this was during the lockdown. Especially for activities that involve interacting with people in the real world, the numbers might be skewed.

      • Rimu@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
        1·
        15 days ago

        These changes have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, even three years after restrictions were lifted