Research Summary & Bibliography: Student Device & Social Media Use

Curated, categorized links aligned to current research, policy, pedagogy, and implementation.

Peer Reviewed Research & Meta Analyses on Screen Time, Social Media, and Well Being
No evidence screen time is negative for children’s cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study
Digital Media Use and Adolescents' Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Psychological Well-Being and Social Media Use: A Meta-Analysis of Associations between Social Media Use and Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, Eudaimonic, Hedonic and Social Well-Being
Facebook Depression? Social Networking Site Use and Depression in Older Adolescents
Teenagers, screens and social media: a narrative review of reviews and key studies
What research actually says about social media and kids health (Meta-analysis)
Potential Risks of Content, Features, and Functions (APA Science)

Analysis of Popular Narratives on Tech Harm:
Rebukes of the Research of The Anxious Generation
The great rewiring: Is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?
Evidence for social media harm doesn’t hold up
Why academics are annoyed with Jonathan Haidt, again
The Statistically Flawed Evidence That Social Media Is Causing the Teen Mental Health Crisis
All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot
Reports, Polling, and Policy Positions
School Cell Phone Bans & Restrictions, Rockefeller Institute
NYSUT position
NEA Member Polling Results: Social Media, Personal Devices, and Mental Health
Cellphones in schools: Edweek collection
New Report Provides Insight Into Teen Social Media Use
Social Media Should Come With a Warning U.S. Surgeon General
Quebec to impose full ban on cellphones in schools (when politicians become education experts)
Research & Commentary on Classroom Attention, Cognition, and Learning Strategies
New Book Says There’s More to Holding Students’ Attention Than Silencing Phones
Smartphones may be beneficial to children – if they avoid social media
Using Values-Alignment Messaging to Teach Healthy Digital Habits
Implementation & Digital Literacy Approaches
How Teaching Kids Digital Agency Can Make Social Media a Positive Place for Them
Digital Agency
TeCHnOlOGY IS bOTh... (Harvard Resources)
Digital Well-Being Lessons for Grades K12
Media and Digital Literacy: Resources for Parents
5 Ways to Keep Students Off Their Cell Phones in the Classroom TeachHub
How Students Are Dodging Cellphone Restrictions
When Social Media and Cellphones Are Lifelines to Kids Who Feel Different

Collected and curated by Louis N. Wool, Ed. D.