Forty-nine percent (49%) of teens say that their smartphone shortens their attention span, according to Screen Education's Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018.
Screen Education included this question in the survey because research has shown that our attention spans have become shorter due to our smartphones, and we wanted to see whether teens, who are digital natives, recognize this in themselves. So it is significant that half of them say that their phone indeed does shorten their attention span. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE "TEEN SMARTPHONE ADDICTION NATIONAL SURVEY/2018 The "Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018" was conducted by Screen Education, EMI Research Solutions, and Stark Statistical Consulting. EMI Research Solutions recruited respondents through the EMI partner network, and conducted a 9-minute online survey between April 18-25, 2018. The sample consists of 1,017 13- to 18-year-olds. This sample size is sufficient for all statistics using the full sample to have margins of error of 3% or less. All 1,017 respondents included in this statistical analysis completed the entire survey, so this criteria applies to all questions reported here The organizations that partnered on the "Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018" are concerned about the toll smartphone addiction is taking on our children. Therefore, in an act of public service each organization donated its time, services, and resources to introduce valuable new insights into the national conversation about smartphone addiction. Screen Education is dedicated to tackling issues at the intersection of screens and human wellness through research, education, and consulting. Michael Mercier organized this project and provided subject matter expertise, questionnaire development, analysis, and reporting. To learn more about Screen Education visit www.ScreenEducation.org. EMI Research Solutions is a leading online sample provider to the market research industry. They leverage more than 150 partners in over 95 countries to provide the B2B or consumer sample that best fits their client’s project. Michael Holmes, Brian Lamar, and Amy Carley contributed sample, survey programming, hosting, and project management. To learn more about EMI, visit www.EMI-RS.com. Stark Statistical Consulting provides statistical support for researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Glenn Stark contributed questionnaire development, data analysis, and reporting. To learn more about Stark Statistical Consulting, visit www.StarkStatistics.com. Anxious Creations provides state-of-the-art website design, development and creative services to get the most out of your digital marketing budget. Gina Young contributed the design of this report. To learn more about Anxious Creations visit www.AnxiousCreations.com. The Detroit Chapter of the American Marketing Association offers valuable professional development opportunities and a place for marketers to connect and share knowledge throughout Southeast Michigan. Holly Shier and Dave Pagnucco administered and hosted the webinar. To learn more about the Detroit Chapter of the American Marketing Association, visit www.AMADetroit.org. Signoi creates smart technology solutions for decoding cultural signals in an intuitively human way. It’s a new form of quantitative semiotics. Andrew Jeavons contributed text analytics of open-ended responses. To learn more about Signoi, visit www.Signoi.com.
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A recording of our June 20, 2018, appearance on Cincinnati Edition, a daily talk show on WVXU, Cincinnati's NPR station. The catalyst for the show was the June 21 publication of the findings of our Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018. (Download the report here.) These survey findings informed a broader discussion of how to get teens to put their phones down now that the summer has come. We appeared with Dave Kraft, a teacher at Calvert Catholic in Tiffin, OH, and Eli Cochran, Director of Camp Ernst, a summer camp in Burlington, KY. Screen Education knows both Dave and Eli because we conducted research with them in the past. We met Dave when we presented our model of smartphone addiction at the Ohio Educational Technology Conference, in February in Columbus, OH. Between March and May we conducted 2 surveys for Dave on smartphone addiction --- one of Calvert Catholic students, and another of Calvert Catholic parents. Dave and Screen Education will be applying to present our findings at the 2019 Ohio Educational Technology Conference. We met Eli in 2016, when she agreed to allow us to conduct focus groups with teens attending Camp Ernst during the summer of 2016. Eli and Screen Education were also interviewed on WVXU in January of 2018 to discuss the issue of teen smartphone addiction. And we're thrilled to be working with Eli again this summer, doing more focus groups with teens. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THE "TEEN SMARTPHONE ADDICTION NATIONAL SURVEY/2018 The "Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018" was conducted by Screen Education, EMI Research Solutions, and Stark Statistical Consulting. EMI Research Solutions recruited respondents through the EMI partner network, and conducted a 9-minute online survey between April 18-25, 2018. The sample consists of 1,017 13- to 18-year-olds. This sample size is sufficient for all statistics using the full sample to have margins of error of 3% or less. All 1,017 respondents included in this statistical analysis completed the entire survey, so this criteria applies to all questions reported here The organizations that partnered on the "Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018" are concerned about the toll smartphone addiction is taking on our children. Therefore, in an act of public service each organization donated its time, services, and resources to introduce valuable new insights into the national conversation about smartphone addiction. Screen Education is dedicated to tackling issues at the intersection of screens and human wellness through research, education, and consulting. Michael Mercier organized this project and provided subject matter expertise, questionnaire development, analysis, and reporting. To learn more about Screen Education visit www.ScreenEducation.org. EMI Research Solutions is a leading online sample provider to the market research industry. They leverage more than 150 partners in over 95 countries to provide the B2B or consumer sample that best fits their client’s project. Michael Holmes, Brian Lamar, and Amy Carley contributed sample, survey programming, hosting, and project management. To learn more about EMI, visit www.EMI-RS.com. Stark Statistical Consulting provides statistical support for researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Glenn Stark contributed questionnaire development, data analysis, and reporting. To learn more about Stark Statistical Consulting, visit www.StarkStatistics.com. Anxious Creations provides state-of-the-art website design, development and creative services to get the most out of your digital marketing budget. Gina Young contributed the design of this report. To learn more about Anxious Creations visit www.AnxiousCreations.com. The Detroit Chapter of the American Marketing Association offers valuable professional development opportunities and a place for marketers to connect and share knowledge throughout Southeast Michigan. Holly Shier and Dave Pagnucco administered and hosted the webinar. To learn more about the Detroit Chapter of the American Marketing Association, visit www.AMADetroit.org. Signoi creates smart technology solutions for decoding cultural signals in an intuitively human way. It’s a new form of quantitative semiotics. Andrew Jeavons contributed text analytics of open-ended responses. To learn more about Signoi, visit www.Signoi.com. Michael Mercier of Screen Education, and Brian Lamar of EMI Research Solutions, will be meeting with Congressman Brad Wenstrup (OH-02) on Friday, July 5, to discuss the findings of our Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018.
Congressman Wenstrup is particularly interested in discussing the survey findings that are related to cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is of particular concern to him in light of the many school shootings that have occurred in recent years. The survey of 1,017 teens reveals that 36% of teens witness cyber bullying every week, that 89% find it upsetting, and that 31% have seen it result in physical violence. The survey also asked whether teens feel that social media contributes to conditions that can result in school shootings, and 73% said "yes". Whether or not objective scientific measures would indicate a causal relationship between social media and school shootings is irrelevant; what is important about this finding is that the kids believe that there is a causal relationship, which reflects just how toxic they believe the medium of social media can be. *********************************************************************************************** The "Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018" was conducted by Screen Education, EMI Research Solutions, and Stark Statistical Consulting. EMI Research Solutions recruited respondents through the EMI partner network, and conducted a 9-minute online survey between April 18-25, 2018. The sample consists of 1,017 13- to 18-year-olds. This sample size is sufficient for all statistics using the full sample to have margins of error of 3% or less. All 1,017 respondents included in this statistical analysis completed the entire survey, so this criteria applies to all questions reported here The organizations that partnered on the "Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018" are concerned about the toll smartphone addiction is taking on our children. Therefore, in an act of public service each organization donated its time, services, and resources to introduce valuable new insights into the national conversation about smartphone addiction. Screen Education is dedicated to tackling issues at the intersection of screens and human wellness through research, education, and consulting. Michael Mercier organized this project and provided subject matter expertise, questionnaire development, analysis, and reporting. To learn more about Screen Education visit www.ScreenEducation.org. EMI Research Solutions is a leading online sample provider to the market research industry. They leverage more than 150 partners in over 95 countries to provide the B2B or consumer sample that best fits their client’s project. Michael Holmes, Brian Lamar, and Amy Carley contributed sample, survey programming, hosting, and project management. To learn more about EMI, visit www.EMI-RS.com. Stark Statistical Consulting provides statistical support for researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. Glenn Stark contributed questionnaire development, data analysis, and reporting. To learn more about Stark Statistical Consulting, visit www.StarkStatistics.com. Anxious Creations provides state-of-the-art website design, development and creative services to get the most out of your digital marketing budget. Gina Young contributed the design of this report. To learn more about Anxious Creations visit www.AnxiousCreations.com. The Detroit Chapter of the American Marketing Association offers valuable professional development opportunities and a place for marketers to connect and share knowledge throughout Southeast Michigan. Holly Shier and Dave Pagnucco administered and hosted the webinar. To learn more about the Detroit Chapter of the American Marketing Association, visit www.AMADetroit.org. Signoi creates smart technology solutions for decoding cultural signals in an intuitively human way. It’s a new form of quantitative semiotics. Andrew Jeavons contributed text analytics of open-ended responses. To learn more about Signoi, visit www.Signoi.com. Screen Education recently completed its Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018. The survey explored a variety of issues related to teen smartphone addiction, including whether or not teens themselves were frustrated with their inability to put their phones down.
This particular issue --- wishing to be better at curbing their phone use --- emerged during the exploratory research that Screen Education conducted prior to fielding this national survey. The exploratory research suggested that a large proportion of teens are very conscious of the problems that smartphone addiction causes them, and they therefore wish to reduce their screen time. The Teen Smartphone Addiction National Survey/2018 sought to measure this desire to reduce smartphone use in several ways, including this desire to be better able to self-limit screen time. The survey revealed that 65% of teens wish they had a greater ability to self-limit their smartphone use. The accompanying video clip presents this data, and includes verbatim explanations from teens regarding why it is that they wish they were better able to self-limit their screen time. Generally speaking, the verbatim comments show that teens are foregoing many enriching activities --- things they really would enjoy doing --- because they are unable to put their phones down. This finding supports the notion that Screen Education is advocating for --- that, in addition to imposing screen time limits on teens, we must also simultaneously cultivate within them the ability to independently self-limit their screen time. The video clip is excerpted from the webinar presentation of findings we conducted on June 28, 2018. Presenting in this clip is Michael Mercier, President of Screen Education. He was joined in the presentation by Brian Peterson, Digital Marketing Manager of EMI Research Solutions, and Glenn Stark of Stark Statistical Consulting. The Detroit Chapter of the American Marketing Association hosted the webinar. To download the full report for the survey visit the download page.
A very enjoyable interview with Calvin Worthen of Radio Phoenix. Recorded in March, aired in April, posted to YouTube yesterday.
Listen to Interview Michael Mercier, President of Screen Education, recently was interviewed by Shirley Siu, COO of BOLDFISH, regarding his views on screen addiction. BOLDFISH is a social media detox app that will be available in April, 2018. The interview transcript can be accessed here: BOLDFISH Interview.
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