APA Report Says That Media & Politicians Are Simply Wrong About Kids & Social Media; Media Then Lies About Report
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What if the media and the politicians threw a moral panic about kids and social media… and the actual experts didn’t come along? The American Psychological Association has put out a thoughtful, nua…

Classic case of “If the research doesn’t support your position, lie like a rug.”

  • joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    It’s the point Douglas Adams was making with this quote:

    I’ve come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:

    1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
    2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
    3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

    This is exactly how these moral panics go. It’s always relative to the world the person grew up in.