A discussion on problematic use of social media and mobile phone use, especially among young people. Looking at the problem, its effects, its causes, and potential steps to take to make progress on this problem.

Links to Academic Papers, interviews, music used in podcast (roughly in order of appearance):

Mobile Fact Sheet
http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheet/mobile/

Teens' Ownership of Smartphones Has Surged
https://www.emarketer.com/Article/Teens-Ownership-of-Smartphones-Has-Surged/1014161

#Sleepyteens: Social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140197116300343

Mobile phone use and stress, sleep disturbances, and symptoms of depression among young adults - a prospective cohort study
https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-11-66

The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders: A large-scale cross-sectional study.
http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-13379-006

Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Addiction Across Generations: the Roles of Psychopathological Symptoms and Smartphone Use
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs41347-017-0041-3

Addiction to new technologies and to online social networking in young people: A new challenge
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/20549142

Interviews with Sean Parker and Chamath Palihapitiya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J54k7WrbfMg

How Billionaires Stole My Mind
http://www.raptitude.com/2017/04/how-billionaires-stole-my-mind/

Design Ethics
http://www.tristanharris.com/the-need-for-a-new-design-ethics/
http://humanetech.com/

Stuart Roland's Music
https://soundcloud.com/stuartroland