{"id":3672,"date":"2026-09-25T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:14:07","slug":"project-2-prep-gracelynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/project-2-prep-gracelynn\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 2 Prep &#8211; Gracelynn"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Research and sources<\/h5>\n<p>&#8211; https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.stanford.edu\/what-excessive-screen-time-does-to-the-adult-brain\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The study shows that in adults aged 18 \u2013 25, excessive screen time causes thinning of the cerebral cortex, the brain\u2019s outermost layer responsible for processing memory and cognitive functions, such as decision-making and problem-solving.<\/li>\n<li>Also, if we look at our\u00a0phones\u00a0first thing\u00a0every\u00a0morning, we create a pattern and can set the flight-or-flight response as our default mode of operation. So, not only does this behavior set an anxiety-filled tone for the day, but\u00a0we are also training our brains to be more hypervigilant in general.<\/li>\n<li>Another\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1525861024002263\">study<\/a>\u00a0found that adults who watched television for five hours or more per day had an increased risk of developing brain-related disease like dementia, stroke, or Parkinson\u2019s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; https:\/\/www.slicktext.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/smartphone-addiction-statistics\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Compared to teens who only spend an hour on electronic devices daily, teens who spend five or more hours a day on electronic devices are 71% more likely to exhibit suicide risk factors.<\/li>\n<li>67% of teens reported losing sleep due to phone or internet use late at night.<\/li>\n<li>Even while in the same house, 30% of people will message their partner instead of starting a face-to-face conversation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/reviews\/advice-doomscrolling-alternatives\/<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>list some things to do instead of doomscroll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Description<\/h5>\n<p>I want to make an infographic on things to do instead of being on your phone. I will do this by putting some facts, then follow that by giving alternative things to do instead. Sort of like a problem then a solution type format. I don&#8217;t want a ton of text, more visuals. It&#8217;s important to me because I like to try to replace things I do on my phone with physical things. So I would rather make something or do a craft instead of scrolling on TikTok for example.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to try to make my own template so that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s showing up blank right now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/new.express.adobe.com\/embedLink\/urn:aaid:sc:US:00902c91-aa50-5564-a68f-9ced1b230b2e?promoid=Y69SGM5H&amp;sdid=C4SZ2FYJ&amp;mv=other\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research and sources &#8211; https:\/\/lifestylemedicine.stanford.edu\/what-excessive-screen-time-does-to-the-adult-brain\/ The study shows that in adults aged 18 \u2013 25, excessive screen time causes thinning of the cerebral cortex, the brain\u2019s outermost layer responsible for processing memory and cognitive functions, such as decision-making and problem-solving. Also, if we look at our\u00a0phones\u00a0first thing\u00a0every\u00a0morning, we create a pattern and can set the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-2-prep"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3697,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/3697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.org\/nmd200\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}