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	Podcast:		Katie Couric
	Episode:		36. Jean Twenge: The Trouble with Smartphones
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:51:25
	Publish Date:		2017-08-10 02:00:00
	Description:		Social media is supposed to help us connect with one another and reduce loneliness, but what if the opposite is true? Psychologist Jean Twenge just wrote a piece in The Atlantic asking, “Have smartphones destroyed a generation?” She joins Katie and Brian to discuss the costs and consequences of endless screen time. Twenge is an expert on what she calls "iGen," those born between 1995 and 2012. She explains the pros and cons of an all-digital world and breaks down the research on smartphones and mental health. Plus, the surprising benefits of boredom.
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