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Do you find yourself checking your phone multiple times during the day? Has your screen time skyrocketed since quarantine? I can promise you– you are not alone. To learn more about social media addiction, I chatted with Clara Wasserman, the PR representative from the LOG OFF Movement. The LOG OFF movement aims to help teens, educators, and parents set healthy boundaries navigating the digital world and spread the message of media literacy. Clara shares her top tips and tricks that will help you “log off!”
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“Promoting social media wellness should be a part of schools’ curriculums… social media is here to stay and it has to be taught.”
“I think it’s the government’s role to regulate how big tech giants use these apps.. because right now they are manipulating us. Right now we know that we can’t trust them to regulate themselves because they make money off of how much we are glued to our phones.”
“Just as we teach people in real life to have manners and empathy, you have to convey that online because you might not see the person directly but your words and actions do have an impact on the other side of the screen.”
“The best way to promote logging off is by creating awareness of the relationships and consequential health social media can cause.”
“We need to give ourselves the opportunities to have different positive experiences offline so we can kind of trick the brain into thinking “Oh there’s other ways to receive dopamine than being online for hours on end.”
“People need to have separate lives from social media that they are completely content and happy with and that they do not long to be on their phones.”
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