Information Overload Archives - EMFSA https://www.emfsa.co.za/tag/information-overload/ Electromagnetic fields South Africa Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:52:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.emfsa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-EMFSA_logo-fv-32x32.png Information Overload Archives - EMFSA https://www.emfsa.co.za/tag/information-overload/ 32 32 Potentially negative effects of internet use https://www.emfsa.co.za/research-and-studies/potentially-negative-effects-of-internet-use-2/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:52:32 +0000 https://www.emfsa.co.za/?p=18793 It is increasingly recognised that the internet, in spite of all its benefits to society, can also be correlated with significant harms to individuals and society. Some of these harms have been studied extensively, particularly harms to privacy, harms associated with security and cybercrime, and harms resulting from digital divides. This report covers less studied […]

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]]> It is increasingly recognised that the internet, in spite of all its benefits to society, can also be correlated with significant harms to individuals and society. Some of these harms have been studied extensively, particularly harms to privacy, harms associated with security and cybercrime, and harms resulting from digital divides. This report covers less studied but equally important harms: harms associated with internet use that concern the health, well-being a functioning of individuals, and the impact on social structures and institutions. The ultimate aim of the study is to develop concrete policy options to be considered by the EU Institutions and Member States, to mitigate negative effects of the internet for European citizens.

In-Depth Analysis

EPRS | European Parliamentary Research Service
Author: Gianluca Quaglio with Sophie Millar
Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA)
PE 641.540 – May 2020

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2020/641540/EPRS_IDA(2020)641540_EN.pdf

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