The Shores of Academia

Unjustified Critique of a CDC Report on Social Media Risks

Chris Ferguson's attack against the authors of a recent CDC report on risks associated with social media use by teens is neither justified nor fair.

Oct 29, 2024 • 

David Stein

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Perils of Flawed Meta-Analytic Methodology

Ignoring explainable heterogeneity within a 'random-effects' model can have dire consequences.

Oct 3, 2024 • 

David Stein

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Some Notes on Two 'Community Notes'

Of the two Community Notes that appeared under Haidt’s 'multi-week SM experiments' tweet, the first was outright misinformation while the second is at…

Oct 1, 2024 • 

David Stein

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September 2024

Social Media Experiments and Weighted Averages

Recent criticisms of Haidt & Rausch are based on the mistaken notion that the application of a random effects model would somehow contradict their…

Sep 6, 2024 • 

David Stein

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July 2024

Music Videos Characterizing MH troubles of Gen X/Y/Z

Which music videos best fit the psychological and relational problems experienced by the youth in Generations X, Y, and Z?

Jul 24, 2024 • 

David Stein

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May 2024

April 2024

Fundamental Flaws in Meta-Analytical Review of Social Media Experiments

Ferguson's meta-analysis obscures social media impacts on mental health because it is based on an invalid design and erroneous data.

Apr 30, 2024 • 

David Stein

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When Science is Seen as Sin (Nature's Review of The Anxious Generation)

Candice Odgers and Nature insinuate that Haidt is unethical and Odgers then implies that Haidt is harming children merely by proposing his social media…

Apr 21, 2024 • 

David Stein

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Unreliable Narrator (Nature's Review of The Anxious Generation)

Studies cited by Odgers to support her arguments outright undermine her assertions, raising the possibility that Nature intended her 'review' of Haidt's…

Apr 20, 2024 • 

David Stein

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Odgers versus Surgeon General (Nature's Review of The Anxious Generation)

Assertions by Candice Odgers imply that the Surgeon General is incompetent and guilty of spreading unfounded fears about social media.

Apr 19, 2024 • 

David Stein

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The Alternate Reality of Candice Odgers (Nature's Review of The Anxious Generation)

Odgers' review of The Anxious Generation postulates a reality in which all evidence of substantial associations between digital technologies and…

Apr 18, 2024 • 

David Stein

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Falsehood and No Consequences (Nature's Review of The Anxious Generation)

The review of Haidt's new book by Candice Odgers may be a sign of an ongoing transition of Nature from science to ideology.

Apr 17, 2024 • 

David Stein

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