Andrew Przybylski

@shuhbillskee

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Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Jul 31

The first official data on the effectiveness of Australia's social media ban is out. Nothing unexpected, but it's worth reading. www.esafety.gov.au/research/soc...

The Office meme of two images from corporate comparing two plots from esafety data on the Australia social media ban.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Apr 30

If you want to go beyond the "TED talkification" of social science check out @marcuscrede.bsky.social's original academic work on the topic. psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-...

Grit has been presented as a higher order personality trait that is highly predictive of both success and performance and distinct from other traits such as conscientiousness. This paper provides a meta-analytic review of the grit literature with a particular focus on the structure of grit and the relation between grit and performance, retention, conscientiousness, cognitive ability, and demographic variables. Our results based on 584 effect sizes from 88 independent samples representing 66,807 individuals indicate that the higher order structure of grit is not confirmed, that grit is only moderately correlated with performance and retention, and that grit is very strongly correlated with conscientiousness. We also find that the perseverance of effort facet has significantly stronger criterion validities than the consistency of interest facet and that perseverance of effort explains variance in academic performance even after controlling for conscientiousness. In aggregate our results suggest that interventions designed to enhance grit may only have weak effects on performance and success, that the construct validity of grit is in question, and that the primary utility of the grit construct may lie in the perseverance facet.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Apr 10

Thought provoking post by Prof. @cjferguson1111.bsky.social: We Don't Always Need "More Research" #digitalwellbeing #metascience grimoiremanor.substack.com/p/we-dont-al...

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Mar 11

how's your writing going today?

squirtle squad reunion meme, ash squirtle represents a new paper idea, each of the squad is labeled with an unfinished paper and the preceding year. this is a reunion that every academic worth their salt would recognise.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Mar 5

editing some writing atm...

Pooh meme: bored, I don't know anything about this... smug: this is beyond the scope of the paper

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Feb 25

Clear and brief communication on a critical topic. If you care about ways of making social media better give this one a scan!

Text in image: "But even so, a ban does not empower youth. It confers no skills. It doesn’t cultivate resilience against online harms. It merely postpones the problem. The UK parliament will soon vote on whether to lower the voting age to 16, and so a ban is likely to introduce a dangerous cliff edge scenario in which teens who can now vote for the first time are also suddenly going online to get their news from social media. Moreover, proposed bans cover only certain social media. They don’t cover AI chatbots, which have been accused of encouraging some teen suicides. Although this calls for regulatory oversight, it is not feasible to ban all technology of the future — so what should be done instead?

Rather than hide from technology, we should face the challenges head on. The government should invest heavily in digital technology education at the national level, empowering youth to use digital technologies responsibly. Children as young as four years of age are developing an understanding of truth and falsity, and causal evidence supports the efficacy of digital media education in schools5. Just as operating a car requires a driving licence, in order to use social media safely, ‘social media passports’ could be introduced through gradual, controlled exposure to digital technology starting as early as primary school."

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Feb 19

arrested development dead dove meme, "show more replies" in the first frame because I'm a dummy who clicks to see what real dummies say when they continually act like dummies online like it's good for their dummy cv's

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Nov 27

More seriously, looks like young people in Australia know how to read bona fide scientific research and are keen to exercise their internationally recognised human rights... Instead of silly abstinence, let's use science to make the internet an empowering place!

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Aug 27

This image captures everything that we've learned from four decades of scientific research.

A cute kitty who's spilled his drink. It paws at the mess and the clean space on the table represents video game play in an otherwise messy life.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Aug 14

Genuinely happy I completed out a brief survey from and learned my copy #OneBillionUsers: The Social Media Card Game is coming our way soon! I might have to smuggle a few copies into halls of power around these parts... More info: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· May 20

These claims and the idea that attitudes about them is diagnostic of scientific evidence linking social media to youth mental health is nonsensical. Many, like "exposure to mental disorders" do make a sad kind of sense if you're familiar with their polemical origins. www.pbs.org/wnet/firing-...

HOOVER: And you think that the data demonstrates that it is above and beyond just the phenomenon of coming out and increased awareness?

HAIDT: Yes. Because it happens in clusters of girls. It happens in clusters of girls who had no previous gender dysphoria when they were young. So it’s very different from the kinds of gender dysphoria cases that we’ve known about for decades. I mean, it is a real thing. But what happened, especially when girls got, was YouTube and Instagram early, but then especially TikTok, girls just, you know, girls get sucked into these vortices and they take on each other’s purported mental illnesses.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Apr 17

YOLO

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Mar 12

"Quality Over Quantity: Rethinking Video Games and Mental Well-Being" This is me dipping my toe into communicating the science of life online. If you like it, please share and let me know what you think! #digtalwellbeing #scicomm #lifeonline www.linkedin.com/pulse/qualit...

A woman playing a switch, in Oxford, with a steampunk atmosphere.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Oct 22

3/3 Deadline: Nov 11, 2024 (noon) 🔗 Details & apply: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... 🔄 Please share widely with anyone who might be interested in this exciting opportunity! #AcademicJobs #Gaming #Research

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Oct 22

2/3 🔑 Key details: - 12-month position starting Jan 2025 - Oxford-based (UK) - PhD in Psych/Soc or related - R Studio & mixed methods expertise - Workshop facilitation experience

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Oct 22

1/3 📢 Join the @OIIOxford as a Postdoc Researcher studying digital well-being & gaming! Work with Prof. @shuhbillskee.bsky.social @nballou.bsky.social @karenlauram.bsky.social @sinandrei.bsky.social on cutting-edge research examining how tech impacts well-being, especially among young people 🎮

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Oct 17

Curious about the global picture of mental health and young people? Please listen to the inaugural episode of the Oxford Internet Institute's podcast. #digitalwellbeing #adolescentmentalhealth #emergingtechnology

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Oct 16

Listen to me and Prof. @sakshighai.bsky.social in conversation as we discuss science of social media, health, and young people. 🔬Role of Meta-science 🌍Global tech perceptions ⚖️Unique challenges in Global South 🌉Tech breaks & divides 💡Listening to global voices podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

image of an iPhone playing podcast with description of the podcast.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Jun 11

My goodness, only day 2 but #SIPS is once again delivering as my favourite behavioural science conference! #openscience #robustscience #SIPS2024

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Jun 7

"....it’s complicated. And beware of people peddling over-simplified theories and solutions to very complex problems. They're almost always trying to sell you something." How a Tech Panic is Born, compelling piece by Dr. Craig Sewall #digitalwellbeing craigsewall.substack.com/p/how-to-tec...

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· May 12

Neat piece where Prof. Chris Ferguson takes a closer look at a paper many are pointing to as causal evidence supporting restrictive technology mediation for young people. Refreshing to see someone actually read the paper. #digitalwellbeing grimoiremanor.substack.com/p/did-a-new-...

Adorable AI kitten doing a record scratch marking the fact that everyone is talking about a paper they clearly didn't read on technology and young people.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Apr 26

#fridayfeeling

child slide meme, clockwise: research as undergrad (everything ok), research as a postgrad (worry about speed), research as postdoc (low panic), research as professor (the bottom has fallen out!)

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Apr 21

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Apr 3

A clever meme that pokes fun at the fact a the author of a book on teens and screens is gets the science wrong but is being criticised (or supported) on the basis of American identity politics and not the low quality of science communication.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Mar 29

Prof. Candice Odgers shares an excellent review of a controversial book that gets things wrong on an important topic. If you study or care about youth and adolescent health in the digital age, please give this one a read. #digitalwellbeing #adolescentmentalhealth www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Mar 23

You’ve been murdered, who do you want on the case?

Elim Garak, former (present?) obsidian order operative.

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Mar 22

Next week there'll be a flurry of headlines liking social media to youth mental health. These are fashionable - yet poorly evidenced - claims. Worrying trends predate smartphones & TikTok. This is complex, those who claim otherwise are selling you something. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Mar 22

#fridayfeeling #epidemicepidemic #evidencefreeadvice

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Feb 29

Andrew Przybylski@shuhbillskee· Feb 28

there's gotta be a way to pin this on iPhones... www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/02...