Glow kids : how screen addiction is hijacking our kids - and how to break the trance Cover Image

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Glow kids : how screen addiction is hijacking our kids - and how to break the trance / Nicholas Kardaras, Ph.D.

Kardaras, Nicholas, 1964- (author.).

Summary:

Presents the argument that technology is profoundly affecting the brains of children in a negative way.

Record details

ISBN: 1250146550
ISBN: 9781250146557
Physical Description: xxi, 276 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, [2017]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: The trouble with tech -- One. Invasion of the glow kids -- Two. Brave new e-world -- Three. Digital drugs and the brain -- Four. Interview with Dr. Doan: Neuroscientist and recovering video gamer -- Five. Big disconnect: Texting and social media -- Six. Clinical disorders and the glow kids effect -- Seven. Monkey see, monkey do: Mass media effects -- Eight. Video games and aggression: The research -- Nine. Ripped from the headlines: real cases of video game-influenced violence -- Ten. Newtown Massacre: Video game psychosis -- Eleven. Etan Patz and the end of innocence - and outdoor play -- Twelve. Follow the money: Screens and the educational industrial complex -- Thirteen. It's an e-world -- Fourteen. Solution: Escaping Plato's e-cave -- Appendix: Does my child have a screen or tech addiction problem? -- Notes -- References -- Index.