What is Social Media Doing to Kids? with Dr. Jean Twenge

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0:12Hey, Happiness Lab listeners.

0:13Happy International Day of Happiness.

0:16The International Day of Happiness is a holiday established by the United Nations as a global day of recognition about the fundamental importance of human happiness.

0:25And on this day each year, the United Nations and its partners release the World Happiness Report, their annual snapshot of how happy people are around the globe.

0:34The report is also famous for ranking the happiest countries in the world.

0:38And this year, the happiest country is Finland for the ninth year in a row.

0:44So congratulations to Finland and all its lucky inhabitants.

0:47For a social science nerd like me, the World Happiness Report is an absolute treat.

0:52It brings leading researchers around the world together to dig into the political, social, and economic forces that shape our well-being.

0:59Each new edition of the World Happiness Report centers around a different theme.