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THE INSTABILITY OF TRUTH
An acclaimed historian of science uncovers the hidden history of brainwashing—and its troubling implications for today. Because...


YOUNG PEOPLE’S SELF-MAKING IN NEOLIBERAL CAPITALISM: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Aug. 2025 This paper charts the development of young people’s self-making in neoliberal capitalism, specifying relationships between...


ANXIOUS? DEPRESSED? YOU MIGHT BE SUFFERING FROM CAPITALISM: CONTRADICTORY CLASS LOCATIONS AND THE PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN THE UNITED STATES
Aug. 2015 Despite a well-established social gradient for many mental disorders, evidence suggests that individuals near the middle of the...


COLONIALISM IN THE NEW DIGITAL HEALTH AGENDA
Aug. 26, 2025 The advancement of digital technologies has stimulated immense excitement about the possibilities of transforming...


HOARDING KNOWLEDGE OR HOARDING STRESS? INVESTIGATING THE LINK BETWEEN DIGITAL HOARDING AND COGNITIVE FAILURES AMONG CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS
Aug. 26, 2025 Introduction Digital hoarding is defined as the persistent accumulation of digital content and an unwillingness to delete...


THE SYNERGY OF NEUROMARKETING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A COMPREHENSIVE LITERATURE REVIEW IN THE LAST DECADE
Aug. 24, 2025 This paper conducts a systematic literature analysis on "artificial intelligence, ethical artificial intelligence,...


Molecular and Neurobiological Imbalance from the Use of Technological Devices During Early Child Development Stages
July 20, 2025 Background/Objectives Digital technologies have become increasingly integrated into the daily lives of children and...


FRONT. SOCIOL.: Testing hypotheses about the harm that capitalism causes to the mind and brain: a theoretical framework for neuroscience research
July 20, 2025 In this paper, we will attempt to outline the key ideas of a theoretical framework for neuroscience research that reflects...


NATURE: Mild internet use is associated with epigenetic alterations of key neurotransmission genes in salivary DNA of young university students
July 20, 2025 The potentially problematic use of the Internet is a growing concern worldwide, which causes and consequences are not...


Modeling Bulimia Nervosa in the Digital Age: The Role of Social Media
July 20, 2025 Globalization has fundamentally reshaped societal dynamics, influencing how individuals interact and perceive themselves...


Algorithmic Addiction by Design: Big Tech's Leverage of Dark Patterns to Maintain Market Dominance and its Challenge for Content Moderation
July 20, 2025 Today's largest technology corporations, especially ones with consumer-facing products such as social media platforms, use...


Slopaganda: The interaction between propaganda and generative AI
July 13, 2025 At least since Francis Bacon, the slogan 'knowledge is power' has been used to capture the relationship between...


JAMA: Early-Childhood Tablet Use and Outbursts of Anger
May 20, 2025 Key Points Question Do higher levels of early-childhood tablet use undermine emotional regulation or is it the other way...


THE GUARDIAN: Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
May 20, 2025 Almost half of young people would rather live in a world where the internet does not exist, according to a new survey. ...


BMC MEDICINE: Smartphone screen time reduction improves mental health: a randomized controlled trial
Apr 10, 2025 Christoph Pieh , Elke Humer , Andreas Hoenigl , Julia Schwab , Doris Mayerhofer , Rachel Dale & Katja Haider Abstract...


Absencing as Attentional Violence and Its Impact on Well-Being
Mar. 23, 2025 Bianca Briciu School of Leadership, Ecology and Equity, Saint Paul University, Ottawa This paper analyzes the impact of...


CNN _ Ex-Meta executive: ‘People deserve to know what this company is really like’
Mar. 12, 2025 Meta is once again facing allegations from a former employee that a growth-at-all-costs culture has caused offline harm. A...


Digital Humanism: A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society
Mar. 3, 2025 Our contemporary global digital society is not always a good place to live. Authoritarianism, hatred, false news, post-truth...
Surveillance Capitalism in Mental Health: When Good Apps Go Rogue (and What Can Be Done about It)
Mar. 3, 2025 Research shows that a large proportion of the world’s population has experience with mental health difficulties, and...


CyberlibertarianismThe Right-Wing Politics of Digital Technology
March 3, 2025 An urgent reckoning with digital technology’s fundamentally right-wing legal and economic underpinnings In a timely...
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