7 Nov 2024

A month with a dumbphone

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 7 November 2024

Research has shown the average young New Zealander spends about 42 hours using digital devices each week.

The outcomes of high screen use are well documented - it can impact physical, mental, and cognitive health.

With all this in mind, our guest today decided to dumb-down her phone for a month, transforming it from a smartphone into a dumbphone, to see what impact it could have on her day-to-day life.

Vivien Beduya is a freelance photographer and a journalist for ReNews, and she's with Jesse to share her experience.

Journalist and photographer Vivien Beduya.

Journalist and photographer Vivien Beduya. Photo:

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