The Urban Legend

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Tessa Morenstein, Editor in Chief, Creative • Mar 13, 2026

Teenagers in the United States spent an average of 4.8 hours a day on popular social media apps — including YouTube, TikTok and Instagram — in 2024. This is the equivalent of roughly 73 days spent...

OPINION: An open letter to phone overusers

Marie Bergsund, Staff Writer • Feb 10, 2015

I was sitting in the library at lunch on a Tuesday. I had intended to do homework, so I zipped up my procrastination-inducing phone inside my backpack and started in. It was not long before I found myself...

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