Smartphone Nation

A groundbreaking exploration of how smartphones, algorithms and AI are changing the way we think, act and feel, and a clear, empowering toolkit for living a healthier, happier life online, from leading expert and Associate Professor at University College London, Dr Kaitlyn Regehr.

The tools and understanding you need to protect yourself, and your family. Smartphone Nation will transform the way you - and your children - understand your devices and how they affect you. In this practical, agenda-setting book, Professor Kaitlyn Regehr - one of the world''s foremost experts on digital literacy - sets out how you can keep the advantages of the internet whilst identifying often hidden dangers and stepping away when you''re over-reliant. The ''Smartphone-free Childhood'' movement has done an amazing job of alerting many of us to the dangers inherent in our, and our kids'', use of devices. But it is not enough. In reality, being a part of the online world is essential for modern life, and, at some point we - and our children - all have to dive in. Covering misogyny, pornography, body image, advertising, violence and more, Smartphone Nation provides a wealth of information - plus practical exercises and clear takeaways - to help you think critically about the content you''re consuming, and how it is ''fed'' to you. You''ll learn how to game your algorithm, how to limit targeted advertising, how to catch misinformation and how to improve your digital nutrition. Essential reading for anyone who has ever worried about how compulsively they check their phone - or who is considering getting one for their kid - Smartphone Nation will equip you not only to survive in the digital space, but to thrive.

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Smartphones, social media and AI are here to stay. Leading expert Professor Kaitlyn Regehr, The Digital Nutritionist, gives us the tools to consume them safely, keeping the advantages and joy of the digital world, but teaching us how to and spot risks and dangers and step away when we're over-reliant. She believes that our constant, unconscious scrolling is as dangerous as smoking and here she offers a clear process for embedding ?digital nutrition' - healthy interaction with our phones and devices - in our daily lives.

After all, it is clear we are living in the age of the smartphone. We all rely on our devices, checking them multiple times an hour, but, increasingly, we worry about the impact of our - and our kids' - phone use. UCL professor Dr. Kaitlyn Regehr is a leading expert on the effect of digital technology on our brains and in Smartphone Nation she sets out how the content we consume is created, why it's so addictive, and gives us the tools and understanding to protect ourselves, and our families, from harm.

Removing smartphones from our lives is unrealistic and counter-productive: instead, we need to learn how we can use them healthily and safely. Smartphone Nation will explain exactly how algorithms work, why you're being shown the particular content you are, and how AI has the potential to change the way you think, whilst equipping you with the tools you need to take control of this often overwhelming online world.

Smartphone Nation is a game-changing practical book that empowers us to enjoy the benefits of technology while understanding how it works, how to teach our kids, and for each and every one of us to be in control of how we use it.