Selfies, trolling, tech addiction and trust in the digital age.
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Selfie Nation
The struggle to keep up with all those perfect lives that hijack social media feeds is leaving us self-obsessed and unhappy with rates of anxiety and depression skyrocketing, says writer Will Storr.
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Tech addiction: clicking for kicks
A new book claims almost half of us have some kind of behavioural addiction involving screens or the internet, and that has worrying implications for us as social beings.
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Zoe Quinn: 'Why are we calling death threats ‘trolling’?'
In 2014, game developer Zoe Quinn became the target of one of the most vicious online harassment campaigns in history – GamerGate – after her ex-boyfriend posted a hateful blog entry. Now she helps others on the receiving end of online abuse.
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Trust in the digital age
This new era of trust could mean a more inclusive and accountable society – if we get it right, says Rachel Botsman, author of Who Can You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Might Drive Us Apart.
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Mindful tech vs the compulsive check
Working on a less addictive relationship with our devices sounds like a good idea, but where to start? The more conscious you are of what drives the impulse, the more you'll see that you have the 'space for choice' in these moments, says David Levy.
Keeping kids safe online
Any IT retailer will help you buy parental control software, but the best firewalls are family values and a strong sense of self-worth, says cybersecurity expert John Parsons.
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What lies behind our compulsive behaviour?
It's too easy to indulge in compulsive behaviour as we seek reprieve from the anxiety-inducing world around us, science writer Sharon Begley says.
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