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TED Radio Hour 1/27/2017 "Screen Time - Part I"

It's normal for us to always be glued to our screens. So how are they changing us, and how will they shape our future? This hour, TED speakers explore our ambivalent relationships with our screens.

http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2017-01-27

SEGMENTS

How Are Our Screens Changing Us Now?

Amber Case: Are Our Devices Turning Us Into A New Kind Of Human?

second self vs. stopping and being alone; benefits of being alone, Creation of self

Rana El Kaliouby: Will Our Screens Soon Be Able To Read Our Emotions?

Dimitri Christakis: When It Comes To Kids, Is All Screen Time Equal?

babies' physiological response to different types of music; effects of television and images on brain development

P.W. Singer: How Are Screens Changing The Face Of War?

Chris Milk: What Happens When We Step Inside The Screen?

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ARTICLES

SURFING THE WEB IN CLASS? BAD IDEA

http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2014/surfing-the-web-in-class-bad-idea/

Non-academic internet use in the classroom is negatively related to classroom learning regardless of intellectual ability

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131514001298

https://scholars.opb.msu.edu/en/publications/non-academic-internet-use-in-the-classroom-is-negatively-related--3

Laptop multitasking hinders classroom learning for both users and nearby peers

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512002254

Higher Media Multi-Tasking Activity Is Associated with Smaller Gray-Matter Density in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0106698