Your Phone Is (Not) Killing You

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Music

• Mr. Robot soundtrack

• Dorfromantik Soundtrack - Hofgarten

Footage

• A/V Geeks 16mm Films

• BBC Archive

Sources

• Amnesty International: "Australia Social Media Ban — An Ineffective Quick Fix" — https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/12/australia-social-media-ban-for-children-and-young-people-an-ineffective-quick-fix-that-will-not-prevent-online-harms/

• Assigned Media: "Jonathan Haidt, Social Contagion, ROGD" — https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/jonathan-haidt-social-contagion-rogd-pbs

• Brain scan before/after 30-day phone detox (video) — https://youtu.be/8h8H9xf0JDY?si=3DXeZph3WQ8EhH5k

• Children's Defense Fund: "The State of America's Children — Child Poverty" — https://www.childrensdefense.org/tools-and-resources/the-state-of-americas-children/soac-child-poverty/

• Columbia University: "Teens' Social Media Use Does Not Raise Risk of Depression" — https://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/teens-social-media-use-does-not-raise-risk-depression-study

• Edge Hill University: "Not Enough Evidence to Link Social Media Use to Mental Health Problems" — https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2024/10/psychology-experts-find-theres-not-enough-evidence-to-link-social-media-use-to-mental-health-problems/

• EurekAlert: Social media and mental health study — https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/999060

• Focus Friend by Hank Green (website) — https://www.yourfocusfriend.com/

• Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, Book III, Section 125

• Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

• Heritage Foundation: "Screens & Sickness: Raising Healthy Kids in a Distracted World" — https://www.heritage.org/big-tech/event/screens-sickness-raising-healthy-kids-distracted-world

• HRC Magazine: "Online Communities" (trans youth) — https://www.hrc.org/magazine/2021-early-fall/online-communities-early-fall-2021

• MSU: "Social Media Bridges Connection Gaps for Students with Disabilities" — https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/02/msu-research-social-media-bridges-connection-gaps-for-students-with-disabilities

• Neil Postman, Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology

• New Atlas: "Social Media Usage, Mental Health, Men & Muscle Dysmorphia" — https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/social-media-usage-mental-health-men-muscle-dysmorphia/

• Oxford / Project DisCo: "The Internet Isn't Harmful to Your Mental Health" — https://project-disco.org/innovation/the-internet-isnt-harmful-to-your-mental-health-oxford-study-finds/

• PMC: Social media, community, and positive outcomes — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7430466/

• PMC: Unnecessary medical imaging/CAT scans — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5587107/

• Reason: "The Bad Science Behind Jonathan Haidt's Anti-Social Media Crusade" — https://reason.com/video/2024/04/02/the-bad-science-behind-jonathan-haidts-anti-social-media-crusade/

• TechCrunch: "Lotus Health Nabs $35M for AI Doctor" — https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/lotus-health-nabs-35m-for-ai-doctor-that-sees-patients-for-free/

• TechCrunch: "The Kids Online Safety Act Is Back" — https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/the-kids-online-safety-act-is-back-with-the-potential-to-change-the-internet/

• TechRadar: "France Set to Evaluate VPN Use Following Social Media Ban for Under-15s" — https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/vpns-are-next-on-my-list-france-set-to-evaluate-vpn-use-following-social-media-ban-for-under-15s

• The Guardian: "I'm an Expert on Adolescence — Here's Why a Smartphone Ban Isn't the Answer" — https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/15/im-an-expert-on-adolescence-heres-why-a-smartphone-ban-isnt-the-answer-and-what-we-should-do-instead

• University of Edinburgh: "Study Sheds Light on Social Media and Mental Health" — https://www.ed.ac.uk/news/study-sheds-light-on-social-media-and-mental-health