Issue 61: Misery Index

Source: Jacobin · Bias: Far Left

Summary

Portion of American teens who use social media: 95% Average hours per day they spend on it: 4.8 Portion who spend more than five hours on it: 37% Who think social media is mostly negative for themselves: 14% For their peers: 48% Average weekly social outings for a 12th grader in 1980: 2.7 In 1990: […]

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Issue 61: Misery Index

Far Left

Portion of American teens who use social media: 95% Average hours per day they spend on it: 4.8 Portion who spend more than five hours on it: 37% Who think social media is mostly negative for themselves: 14% For their peers: 48% Average weekly social outings for a 12th grader in 1980: 2.7 In 1990: […]

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