Digital Wellbeing

This week, Youtube begins rolling out a new digital wellbeing update for users. The update extends YouTube Kids app features to adults and consolidates time management features. Time Watched Feature.  When signed in to YouTube (and you allow Google...

As leaked earlier this summer, the latest version of Instagram (v 57+) now includes three new digital wellbeing features designed to help people manage their time on the app. Updates are being rolled out globally in the coming weeks. The goal of...

Here’s the internal Google presentation and full transcript ‘A Call to Minimize Distraction and Respect Users’ Attention‘ that kicked off Google’s new focus on digital wellbeing that features in the latest mobile OS...

Not too much, not too little. Just the right amount. A large scale study published in the journal Psychological Science has found that the relationship between digital screen-time and teen wellbeing is… complicated. Just as Goldilocks in the...

The biggest digital disruption is the one happening in our heads. Digital Wellbeing is devoted to helping you understand how digital technology influences our psychological wellbeing. We summarise the latest research, findings and insights on how...

A new study published in the biomedical journal BMC Medicine has found that physical activity may offset the risks associated with increased screen time. Discretionary screen time is a major contributor to sedentary behaviour, which is associated...

A new study to be published in the journal Emotion has found that US adolescents who spend more time on electronic communication and screens (e.g., social media, the Internet, texting, gaming) and less time on non-screen activities (e.g., in-person...

Here’s a paradox from an influential new study on happiness and digital media. You’re probably less happy than your friends on social media.  But don’t worry it’s not you, it’s them.  And it’s a paradox simply...

Is the telco the new super-cookie? Last night on the 14th December 2017, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to end “net neutrality” rules by a 3:2 majority. Businesses offering internet access can now use content-control software...

Want to be 22% happier? Here’s how.  Simply take a selfie whilst smiling every day for three weeks. That’s the finding of a study published in the Journal “Psychology of Well-being” which invited people to either take a daily...

Your smartphone is a digital marshmallow. And you can use your digital marshmallow to run an adult variant of the famous “marshmallow test” – the psychological test of self-control for children that can be more predictive of...