Intro: Welcome back to my podcast Mind Over Screen! I’m Amit Darmalingum, and I’m thrilled to be your host for today’s episode. We’re diving into a topic that’s more relevant than ever: how prolonged screen time impacts teenage mental health.
Mental health has come a long way from being overlooked to becoming one of the most talked-about aspects of our lives. But why has it become so important? Why should we care? And how does our growing reliance on screens and social media tie into this?
Body:
- Where did the term prolonged screen time come from?
- What causes prolonged screen time?
- Why is mental health important for teenagers?
- Connect the two together (How do they coincide?)
- Introduce social media and how it connects to mental health.
- Prove that social media is a cause to mental health.
Outro: Thank you for tuning in to today’s episode of my podcast. We’ve explored the connection between prolonged screen time, social media, and teenage mental health, uncovering how these factors intertwine in ways that can profoundly affect emotional well-being. While it’s clear that social media and excessive screen use can contribute to anxiety, loneliness, and even depression, we’ve also seen how awareness and mindful habits can turn technology into a tool for connection and support.
Good title for your show. This is an informational podcast, so you will be sharing your newly gained knowledge in answering the questions, correct? So you know or have in your mind what the answer talking points will be? They are from your research.
Hope you can share what you have started already in Library Computer Classroom on MOnday.