Psychology

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The Association between Video Game Play and Cognition

This project studies video game play's association to cognition using novel methods that improve upon existing literature by studying gaming in its natural context, using actual game play data.

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How Much is Too Much? Leveraging Existing and Emerging Large-Scale Social Data to Build Robust Evidence-Based Policy for Children in the Digital Age

This project will capitalize on ESRC data resources to build a more nuanced and transparent empirical understanding of the impacts of digital technologies on young people.

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Internet Filtering and Children’s Exposure to Harmful Content

The use of Internet filters has outpaced scientific evidence suggesting they protect young people online. This project investigates whether Internet filters help make young people resilient in the Internet age.

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‘Meta must do better’ Global experts call for Zuckerberg to act on adolescent wellbeing 

5 December 2021

Academics from around the world urge Mark Zuckerberg to commit to better research on the mental health of children and adolescents in an open letter.

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Study suggests little to no increase over time in association between adolescents’ technology engagement and mental health problems, urges more transparent collaborations between academia and industry

4 May 2021

A new Oxford University study examined data from over 430,000 adolescents in the UK and US to investigate how associations between adolescents’ technology use and mental health have changed over the past 30 years.

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Digital detoxing doesn’t necessarily improve personal well-being, new study finds

9 February 2021

Research from Oxford, carried out in partnership with Reading University, Durham University and the Education University of Hong Kong has found no evidence to suggest abstaining from social media has a positive effect on an individuals’ wellbeing

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Intercultural Digital Ethics at the OII

17 December 2020

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Press Coverage

Is the WHO inventing diseases?

UnHerd, 24 November 2021

Can you be addicted to video games? In 2018, the WHO decided to create a new entry in its big book of recognised diseases, the International Classification of Diseases, or ICD-11.

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‘Imagine having a debate about addiction to glass bottles, and no one cared what was inside the bottle’

The Psychologist, 24 November 2021

Our editor Jon Sutton hears from Professor Andrew Przybylski (Director of Research at the Oxford Internet Institute) about his questioning of the World Health Organisation around ‘Gaming Disorder’.

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WHO says it is “challenging if not impossible” to document gaming disorder

NME, 16 November 2021

The World Health Organisation has avoided requests to provide further sources, and has recently removed an FAQ page on gaming disorder from its website.

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Videos

Digital Technology and Youth

With Professor Andrew Przybylski, Candice Odgers, and Professor John Horton

Professor Przybylski speaks one-on-one with Professor Candice Odgers (UC Irvine) in a virtual fireside chat moderated by Professor John Horton (MIT), discussing parenting, social media and mental health.

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