Escapist Media Affecting Mental Health

A survey conducted in Germany revealed that media exposure frequency, duration and diversity showed a sharp spike during a global crisis and that led to increased depression symptoms and anxiety.

Phone usage (beyond the normal 1 to 2 hours a day) has already been linked to anxiety, depress...

• Too much media multitasking causes cognitive overload, which interferes with learning.
• Heavy multimedia users were more distracted and did not perform attentional tasks as well compared to light multimedia users.
• Heavy smartphone u...

Studies show that older adults who are lonely see a decline in their thinking abilities, which is rapid if paired with other factors like physical inactivity, anxiety, poor sleep and high blood pressure.

Prolonged social isolation is a kind of mental stress leading to various mental and ph...