USF researchers begin long-term study on digital media use impact [Video]

FLORIDA, USA — Researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) have started a new study that will track young people over the next 25 years to learn more about the long-term impacts of digital media.

It’s something that the USF team, comprised of experts from various disciplines, said differs from many other works.

“We have research from other fields that tracks people across decades, looking at cardiovascular health or work-life balance across the lifespan. We don’t have that yet for digital media use and wellness,” said Justin Martin, the Eleanor Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics & Press Policy at USF St. Petersburg and lead researcher of the study, in a statement. “We know that digital media affect people, especially children, in meaningful and often adverse ways, so it’s important …