{"product_id":"screen-damage-the-dangers-of-digital-media-for-children","title":"Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichel Desmurget\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Brown (translation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 350 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781509546404\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll forms of recreational digital consumption – whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs – have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, it’s more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are ‘digital natives’, their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists – including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists – dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their children’s intensive exposure to screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our children’s over-exposure to screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: whom should we believe?\u003cbr\u003ePart I - Digital natives: building a myth\u003cbr\u003ePart II - Uses: an incredible frenzy of recreational screens\u003cbr\u003ePart III - Impacts: chronicles of a disaster foretold\u003cbr\u003e1. Preamble. Multiple and intricate impacts\u003cbr\u003e2. Academic success. A powerful prejudice\u003cbr\u003e3. Discussion. A damaging environment\u003cbr\u003e4. Health. A silent aggression\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: a very old brain for a brave new world\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39909983715363,"sku":"9781509546404","price":41.2,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/DSC_2319.jpg?v=1673487159","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/screen-damage-the-dangers-of-digital-media-for-children","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}