Research and analysis: Understand the impact of smartphones and social media on children and young people

Feasibility study of methods and data to understand the impact of smartphones and social media on children and young people.

Understand the impact of smartphones and social media on children and young people: executive summary

Understand the impact of smartphones and social media on children and young people

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This report highlights the lack of high-quality causal evidence linking children's mental health and wellbeing and their use of digital technologies, specifically, social media, smartphones and AI chatbots.

It recommends prioritising policy-relevant research questions and methodologies that can create robust causal evidence, enhance cohort studies with data on digital usage and involve young people and communities in co-developing experimental interventions.