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
    411·
    3 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.

    • beetus@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 days ago

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

      I’m being pedantic here but the covid lockdowns were not widespread until March 2020, I’m not sure why you think kids were unable to do these things the year prior. I’m assuming you are misremembering the timeline of events or are you thinking that covid impacted modern life before March?

      The wiki page for Australia’s response (where the OP study originated) aligns with similar dates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Australia