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Catherine Price

Disciplines:
science communication/science journalism
wellbeing/digital wellness
wellbeing/screen time
uap research/fun research

Summary

American science journalist whose How to Break Up with Your Phone and The Power of Fun apply behavioral science to the practical challenges of smartphone addiction and redefining fun in an age of passive digital consumption.

Core Contribution

Produced the most practical and evidence-based guide to reducing smartphone dependence — grounded in behavioral science research — and in The Power of Fun challenged the passive digital consumption that substitutes for genuine fun, arguing that true fun requires active engagement.

Notable Works & Achievements

How to Break Up with Your Phone

The Power of Fun

Historical Influences

Science journalism tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Science Journalism Digital Wellness MovementBehavioral Science Communication

Contemporaries & Peers

Cal Newport Johann Hari Jonathan Haidt

Minds Influenced

Digital wellness discourseScreen time conversation

Intellectual Posterity

How to Break Up with Your Phone True fun vs. fake fun distinction

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