I’m a little frustrated I can’t find information about how the sample (n=1,293) was recruited but I can’t stop thinking about this finding from BSI research:
This is crying out for qualitative follow up? Do they try and realise this in their own technology use? Does this necessarily lead them to try and reduce their internet use? What barriers do they face in reducing their internet use? Do they have sources of support and insight in such an undertaking? There’s certainly evidence of a desire for support:
Over a quarter (27%) argue phones should be banned in schools – something many campaigners and politicians across the spectrum are calling for – and half back recently suggested ideas of a social media curfew where platforms are inaccessible after a certain time in the evening. A fifth (22%) say their lives would be better without access to online gaming
How can quitting be incorporated into media literacy training? This seems like a good place to start.
Mark Carrigan 