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posted by takyon on Thursday July 06 2017, @01:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the correlation-vs-causation dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

More than one-third of 15-year-old children in the UK could be classified as 'extreme internet users', or those who are online for more than six hours daily outside of school.

A report from UK think-tank Education Policy Institute (EPI) states that children in the UK have a higher rate of extreme usage (37.8 percent of all UK 15 year olds) than other countries. Only Chile reported more.

The think-tank examined the relation between social media use (including online time) and mental illness:

While twelve percent of children who spend no time on social networking websites on a normal school day have symptoms of mental ill health, that figure rises to 27 percent for those who are on the sites for three or more hours a day.

Here's a hint: if one third of your kids think a certain way, it's a personality trait not a mental illness.

Source: https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/03/uk-teens-are-among-the-most-extreme-internet-users-world-wide/


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday July 06 2017, @07:27AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Thursday July 06 2017, @07:27AM (#535612) Journal

    I didn't read that report. But the main point is that white-LED and definitely fluorescent lighting has a very fragmented spectrum that looks alright for human eyes. That is probably a bad idea to be exposed to for a long duration as the main light source.

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