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Poverty is associated with Facebook and Instagram addiction among young people

Young people from low-income backgrounds are more likely to report using social media, according to a group of international researchers including McGill University Professor Frank Elgar. The findings show a link between economic inequality and problematic use of social networking platforms and instant messaging applications. The researchers identified problematic social media use among adolescents who exhibited six or more addictive-like behaviors, such as a negative attitude when not using social media, which trying but failing to spend time using and using social media to escape negative emotions. The situation is even worse in schools where there is a greater disparity in wealth between peers. According to the authors, the results – based on more than 179,000 school children in 40 countries – suggest that new strategies are needed for the use of social media that promote ways to separation. Actions by policymakers can reduce youth delinquency, the authors add. These bad examples include failing to limit screen time or lying to friends and family about using social media.

Can a similar world reduce the use of problematic social media? Evidence from Health Behavior in School Children Studies in 43 Countries, by Michela Lenzi, Frank Elgar et al., published in Information, communication and community.

Keep your eyes closed no matter what – Nov 23-Dec 2

From physics and chemistry to cultural studies, students from McGill University are taking part in a mysterious and exciting drama that opens this week. Pomona is a dark cross between Stranger Things, Raiders of the Lost Ark and stories about HP Lovecraft and tells the story of a girl who is forced to join a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons as she searches each. the sister is lost in the dark world. Professor Sean Carney, from McGill’s Department of English, leads the drama and re-enacts his students’ daily activities. For him, it was an opportunity to introduce students to contemporary British theatre, one of his areas of expertise. According to Carney, the play, written by Alistair McDowall in 2014, tells the story of how we choose a path in a world that has been created for us that seems to be wrong. said all the time.

Audiences can begin entering the world of Pomona on the following dates: November 23-25, November 30, and December 1-2 at the Moyse Hall Theatre, at 7:30pm.