Future of Media, Entertainment and Sport

There's an important link between screens and happiness that you should know

Members of the public use their mobile devices to take photographs of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at a walk about in Brisbane, April 19, 2014. Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are on the second leg of a 19 day official visit to New Zealand and Australia with their son George.   REUTERS/Phil Noble (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ROYALS POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3LVTI

A growing number of studies show that most of the causation goes from screen use to unhappiness, not the other way around. Image: REUTERS/Phil Noble

Jean Twenge
Catedrática de Psicología , Universidad del Estado de San Diego
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