{"product_id":"9781509546404","title":"Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Children","description":"\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 \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 \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 \u003cp\u003eA wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our children’s over-exposure to screens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso available as an audiobook.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43085094092861,"sku":"9781509546404","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781509546404_p0.jpg?v=1775254088","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781509546404","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}