Books
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping us Hooked, by Adam Alter, 2018
- iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood, by Jean M. Twenge, 2018
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked, by Adam Alter Penguin Press 2017
- The World Unplugged, by Susan D. Moeller 2017
Research
- The Unseen Teen: The Challenges of Building Healthy Tech of Young People, Data & Society May 2021
- 23 Ways to Nudge: A Review of Technology-Mediated Nudging in Human-Computer Interaction ACM Digital Library May 2019
- Decreases in Psychological Well-Being Among American Adolescents After 2012 and Links to Screen Time During the Rise of Smartphone Technology, Emotion 2018
- R Increases in Depressive Symptoms, Suicide-Related Outcomes, and Suicide Rates Among U.S. Adolescents After 2010 and Links to Increased New Media Screen Time, Association for Psychological Science 2018
- Association of Facebook Use with Compromised Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study, American Journal of Epidemiology 2017
- Sensitive Self-disclosures, Responses, and Social Support on Instagram: The Case of #Depression, Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing 2017
- Families and screen time: Current advice and emerging research, London School of Economics Media Policy Brief 2016
- The Relationship Between Facebook Use and Well-Being Depends on Communication T Type and Tie Strength, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 2016
- The Relationships between Workaholism and Symptoms of Psychiatric Disorders: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study, PLoS ONE 2016
- Workaholism: It’s Not Just Long Hours on the Job, American Psychological Association 2016
- Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report, Ofcom 2015
- The Dark Side of Social Networking Sites: An Exploration of the Relational and Psychological Stressors Associated with Facebook Use and Affordances, Computers in Human Behaviour 2015
- Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015, Pew Internet Research 2015
- The Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens, Common Sense Media 2015
- The Relationship between Cell Phone Use, Academic Performance, Anxiety, and Satisfaction with Life in College Students, Computers in Human Behaviour 2014
- ‘The World Unplugged’ and ‘24 Hours without Media’: Media Literacy to Develop Self-Awareness Regarding Media, Comunicar 2012
- Effects of Internet Use on Health and Depression, Journal of Medical Internet Research 2010
- Cell Phone Dependence—A New Diagnostic Entity, Delhi Psychiatry Journal 2008
- Do Mobile Technologies Enable Work–Life Balance? Dual Perspectives on BlackBerry Usage for Supplemental Work. In Hislop, Donald (Ed.). Mobility and Technology in the Workplace, Routledge 2008
- Effects of Internet Use and Social Resources on Changes in Depression, Information, Communication, & Society 2008
- HRM Perspectives on Addiction to Technology and Work, Journal of Management Development 2006
Law Review Articles
- Artificial intelligence as a challenge for the law: the example of “Doctor Algorithm”, International Cybersecurity Law Review 2022
Laws
- Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), United States, 2000 – Text; Wikipedia
- Child Online Protection Act (COPA), United States, 1998 – Text; Wikipedia
- New French Laws Bars Work Email After Hours, Fortune January 1, 2017
Essays/Blogs
- The Internet Gave Rise to ‘CancelCulture OCD’, Wired January 30, 2022
- E How to Wean Your Kids—And Yourself—Off Screens, Wall Street Journal May 15 2021
- How Tiny Cabins With No WiFi Became the Ultimate Pandemic Escape, Fast Company May 12, 2021
- E-mail is Making Us Miserable, The New Yorker February 26, 2021
- Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? The Atlantic September 2017
- Why Our Screens Make Us Less Happy, TED2017 Talk 2017
News
- Ignoring a TextMessage or Email Isn ’t Always Rude. Sometimes It’s Necessary. NYTimes February 21, 2022
- If You Look at Your Phone While Walking, You’re An Agent of Chaos, NYTimes March 18, 2021
- Smartphone Addiction Ruins Sleep, Study Says, But You Can Fight Back, CNNHealth March 2, 2021
- I Ditched MySmart Watch, and I Don’t Regret It, NYTimes January 28, 2022
- How to Declutter Your Digital World, NYTimes September 12, 2020
- Texting While Walking is Dangerous. Here’s How to Stop, NYTimes November 13, 2019
- Apple’s Plan to Make Its Design Less Addictive, Brand Knew Magazine June 12, 2018
- Apple’s iOS Restrictions Aren’t Helping Tech Addiction, Wired June 3, 2018
- Google employee warned in 2013 about five psychological vulnerabilities that could be used to hook users, CNBC May 10, 2018
- How to Log Off of Facebook Forever, With All Its Perks and Pitfalls, NYTimes March 24, 2018
- Resist the Internet, NYTimes March 11, 2018
- What to Do When Laptops and Silence Take Over Your Cafe? NYTimes February 13, 2018
- A Call to Cut Back Online Addictions. Pitted Against Just One More Click, NYTimes February 4, 2018
- Keep Your Head Up: How Smartphone Addiction Kills Manners and Moods, NYTimes January 25, 2018
- Is the Answer to Phone Addiction a Worse Phone? NYTimes January 12, 2018
- Tech Backlash Grows as Investors Press Apple to Act on Children’s Use, NYTimes January 8, 2018
- iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, Mores Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood, Simon & Schuster 2018
- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: Sleep Is Our Competition, Fast Company November 6, 2017
- Video Games Are Destroying the People Who Make Them, NYTimes October 25, 2017
- Our Minds Have Been Hijacked by Our Phones, Tristan Harris Wants to Rescue Them, Wired July 26, 2017
- The Secret Social Media Lives of Teenagers, NYTimes June 7, 2017
- Coffee Shops Skip Wi-Fi to Encourage Customers to Actually Talk, NYTimes May 9, 2017
- What is ‘Brain Hacking’? Tech Insiders on Why You Should Care, CBS News April 9, 2017
- Are Teenagers Replacing Drugs With Smartphones? NYTimes March 13, 2017
- Stress and Sleeplessness: Are Smartphones Bad for Students? The Guardian, March 8, 2017
- Electroshock Therapy for Internet Addicts? China Vows to End It, NYTimes January 13, 2017
- How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds, HuffPost May 27, 2016
- In ‘Screenagers,’ What to Do About Too Much Screen Time, NYTimes March 15, 2016
- Technology and ‘Hard Work Pays’ Attitude Drives World of Workaholics: Study, ABC News July 8, 2015
Websites
- Centre for Humane Technology
- Gamification, Wikipedia
- Introducing the Thrive Away App, Thrive Global October 19, 2017
- Screenagers, Screenagers Movie 2015