An Offline Trend

WBZ's Jordan Rich says this trend needs to catch on in the US! 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to the Upside with Jordan a dose of good news,
because it's a big world out there. Here's a trend
happening in Europe that I really hope makes it overseas
to the US. An astounding forty six percent of teenagers
responding to a recent survey in Britain would rather connect
with their friends in person than online. Sixty eight percent
said they felt worse when they spend too much time

(00:20):
on their social media platforms. A Dutch social movement that
is speaking of speed is called the Offline Club. They
create screen free public spaces and events that even for teenagers,
remind them of the quote unquote good old days. Kids
actually get together, play board games and engage in other
fun activities. There are even digital detox retreats where folks
not only put their phones away, but unplugged from computers,

(00:42):
enabling them to socialize in a more human way. Of
twelve hundred young people aged sixteen to twenty one, forty
seven percent would prefer to be young in the world
without the Internet, and half also say a social media
curfew could improve their lives. And one can hope that
the trend will blossom here. And that's the upside with
Jordan wz Boston's new is Radio