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Guest Post: I Have a Problem – #socialmediaaddiction

Guest Post: I Have a Problem – #socialmediaaddiction

By Eseohe Ojo on January 15, 2020 | Tagged with Addiction, screen addiction, Social media

Happy New Year from Digital Tattoo! We hope your new year, new me resolutions are still going strong. While you’re working on those, here’s an interesting post to think about.   This post is part of a series of guest posts developed in collaboration with Digital Tattoo and Faculty at the University of Toronto’s iSchool […]

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In the News: Facebook and Instagram to Launch Screen Time Tracking Feature

In the News: Facebook and Instagram to Launch Screen Time Tracking Feature

By Jason Cheung on August 7, 2018 | Tagged with Addiction, In the News, Mindfulness, screen time, smartphone, smartphone addiction

Facebook and Instagram have announced plans to launch a feature that will allow its users to view how long they use each application. This feature is set to be launched on only the smartphone versions of the Facebook and Instagram apps, and not on the desktop versions. Within this feature, users will be able to […]

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Social Media and Mental Health

Social Media and Mental Health

By dominique rivera on May 30, 2018 | Tagged with Addiction, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Online Safety, Social media

  In 2017 users spent approximately two hours a day on social media.  Surprisingly, this amounts to five years and four months of a person’s life spent solely on social media [1] There have been connections made between mental health concerns and social media consumption throughout the years. What is triggering these links with mental […]

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