Last week I published my second book. It's called Unlocked: The real science of screen time (and how to spend it better), and does exactly what it says on the tin. If you want to cut through the hype and scaremongering, this might be for you: https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook

I’ve got a new book out. It’s called Unlocked: the real science of screen time (and how to spend it better), and it’s about the complex, messy state of the evidence base underpinning many of our fears about digital technologies. It’s also about finding ways to think differently, and more productively, about our own relationships with screens. New Scientist have called it “a realistic tonic to the doom and gloom”. You can get it here: https://linktr.ee/unlockedbook

My PhD student is looking for participants to answer a short series of questionnaires about motivations to play games. Please share/take part if you’re able to! https://bathspa.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/motivation-to-play-need-satisfaction-and-need-dissatisfac-2

I’ve got a new article in the Guardian today (both print and online!), about the new video games research framework, and why we should start taking games more seriously: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/21/video-games-gaming-violence-entertainment

I wrote this a few months ago for the print edition, but here’s the online version of my Science Focus article about the problems with a relentless focus on correlation when trying to figure out if social media is tanking our mental health: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/social-media-children/