I think consistent with Matt’s point here — you see young people identifying social media as a source of worsening mental health; but also emphasizing politics and national media.https://t.co/scOXEMNFjJ https://t.co/MGgdNIsz0m pic.twitter.com/hY47EOZFAO — Arpit Gupta (@arpitrage) March 1, 2023 I would stress this point. Most of the explanations for declining teen mental health invoke contagion at one
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I think consistent with Matt’s point here — you see young people identifying social media as a source of worsening mental health; but also emphasizing politics and national media.https://t.co/scOXEMNFjJ https://t.co/MGgdNIsz0m pic.twitter.com/hY47EOZFAO
— Arpit Gupta (@arpitrage) March 1, 2023
I would stress this point. Most of the explanations for declining teen mental health invoke contagion at one stage of the argument or another. That in turn means the initial causes can be fairly small, relative to the final outcome. Contagion itself is arguably the most important cause.
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