{"product_id":"screen-damage-michel-desmurget-9781509546398","title":"Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll forms of recreational digital consumption - whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs - have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time they reach 13, it's more than 7 hours a day. Added up over the first 18 years of life, this is the equivalent of almost 30 school years, or 15 years of full-time employment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost media experts do not seem overly concerned about this situation: children are adaptable, they say, they are 'digital natives', their brains have changed and screens make them smarter. But other specialists - including some paediatricians, psychiatrists, teachers and speech therapists - dispute these claims, and many parents worry about the long-term consequences of their children's intensive exposure to screens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichel Desmurget, a leading neuroscientist, has carefully weighed up the scientific evidence concerning the impact of the digital activities of our children and adolescents, and his assessment does not make for happy reading: he shows that these activities have significant detrimental consequences in terms of the health, behaviour and intellectual abilities of young people, and strongly affect their academic outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA wake-up call for anyone concerned about the long-term impacts of our children's over-exposure to screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michel Desmurget\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509546391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509546398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.06w x 1.10d","brand":"Michel Desmurget","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071560511743,"sku":"9781509546398","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85ae87a1-3d4e-49bd-ae7e-6c32d87776ab.jpg?v=1685436831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/screen-damage-michel-desmurget-9781509546398","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}