…..A new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open tracked 14,000 students in Australia aged 11 to 14 from the year 2019 to 2022. It found that the students underwent a drastic shift in how they spent their time. Over the period, the percentage who used social media daily increased from 26 percent to 85 percent. All that time has to come from somewhere, though, and the answer is ugly. The percentage of kids who never took part in artistic activities increased from 26 percent to 70 percent, the percentage who never read for fun increased from 11 percent to 53 percent and the percentage who never joined extracurricular music increased from 70 percent to 85 percent. The percentage who never used social media declined from 31 percent to just three percent.
University of South Australia
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