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IRP 2024: Information overload from accessing social media content
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CAFS 12: Community and Family Studies: IRP 2024: Information overload from accessing social media content
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Social impact of technology
Groups in Context: Homeless
Groups in context: Aged
Groups in context: Youth
Groups in context: People with disabilities
Groups in Context: Rural, Regional and Remote
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
IRP 2025: Social Media - Is it appropriate for Under 16s?
IRP 2024: Information overload from accessing social media content
Useful keywords
Information
Digital distractions
Overload; absorption; digital overload; data overload.
Social media fatigue; online fatigue, social media burnout.
Overwhelm; oppression; stifling; abundance; choice; burnout
Stimulus; imagery; comparing
Anxiety; feelings; mood
Coping
Seratonin; brain; dopamine; neurotransmitters; endorphins; hormones.
Wellbeing; mental; health
Behaviour; scrolling
Habit ; addiction
Social media; instagram; tik tok; facebook; snapchat (other?)
strategy
jealousy; comparisons; perfect; curation; selective; criticism; self- esteem.
Digital dementia
Digital detox
Comparison culture
Headline anxiety
Social Media - Recent articles
Teens and social media: key findings (PEW)
Social media and mental health
Too much social media time
News use across social media platforms (Pew)
Social media behaviours and symptoms of anxiety and depression
Media overload is hurting our mental health (APA)
Phone detox (Behind the news)
Resources
Growing up digital:Phase 2 Technical report
Stress in America: coping with change
How dopamine influences your mental health.
Too much information
Five ways to stop feeling overwhelmed by the news
How to avoid doom scrolling
News addiction can cause stress, anxiety.
Books in the Library
Dear Digital, We Need to Talk
by
Kristy Goodwin
Call Number: 302.23 GOO
ISBN: 9781922611543
Publication Date: 2023-01-31
Dopamine Detox
by
Thibaut Meurisse
Call Number: 158 MEU
ISBN: 9798525995178
Publication Date: 2021-07-04
Stolen focus
by
Johann Hari
ISBN: 9781526620163
Publication Date: 2022
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