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is on the way

即将播出

we hear from kids taking part

我们采访了参与的孩子

in a social media trial in Bradford

他们参加布拉德福德的社交媒体试验

and watch to the end to find out if

请看到最后，看看

Jurassic the sea turtle

海龟侏罗纪

makes it back home

能否顺利回家

first up

首先

to a big trial to monitor the impact of social media

一项大型试验旨在监测社交媒体

on teenagers lives is underway

对青少年生活的影响，目前已启动

in Bradford 5000 pupils from 12 schools will take part

布拉德福德12所学校的5000名学生将参与

and BBC reporter

BBC记者

Amy Garcia

艾米·加西亚

has been finding out how some of the kids taking part

一直在了解部分参与试验的孩子

feel about the trial

对这项试验的感受

the World Trial is the world's first scientific trial

这是全球首个科学试验项目

some of the young people are looking forward to time

一些年轻人很期待能有时间

away from the pressures of the online world

摆脱网络世界的压力

everybody's going through the same thing agency

大家都在经历同样的事

and on the social media maybe like 6 hours a day

我以前每天大概刷6小时社交媒体

I want to see if I can get better socializing

我想看看自己能不能更擅长社交

and maybe be like

或许可以

more like free instead of being on my phone all day

更自由些，不用整天抱着手机

but friend Hannah isn't convinced

但朋友汉娜不认同

a lot of people

很多人

they spend a lot of time on social media

花大量时间用社交媒体

and they have lots of friends there

在上面有很多朋友

so it would be sad if like

所以会很难受，如果

yeah screen time is only 2 hours

屏幕使用时间只有两小时的话

around 5000 teenagers from across the Bradford

布拉德福德各地约五千名青少年

district to taking part in this world first scientific

参与了这项全球首个科学

trial looking at the impact social media

试验，研究社交媒体

is having on their mental health

对他们心理健康的影响

led by Born in Bradford

由“出生在布拉德福德”项目主导

half will be in a control group

一半属于对照组

where phone use is monitored

手机使用会被监测

the other half will try stick to a 2 hour limit on 10

另一半要遵守10款应用每天两小时的使用限制

apps including TikTok Snapchat and YouTube

包括抖音、Snapchat和油管

with nighttime curfews

还要执行夜间使用禁令

2 hours a day on social media seems quite generous

每天两小时社媒时长看起来挺宽松的

are you really going to see an impact

真的能看出效果吗

by limiting it to that

把使用时长限制在这个数

so we know from our previous work

我们之前的研究显示

and the feasibility testing

加上可行性测试结果

that many young people are spending

很多年轻人花在

much longer than that on social media

社交媒体的时间比这长很多

so on average between 3 and 1/2 and 5 hours

平均在3.5到5小时之间

so 2 hours would represent a significant reduction

所以2小时已经是大幅缩减了

the government's already decided

政府已经决定

it's going to impose a social media ban

要出台社交媒体禁令

from the 6 scenes in the New Year

从新年第六天开始实施

so why is this trial happening now

那现在为什么还要做这项试验

the government has made that decision

政府确实已经做出了决定

what we don't

但我们还

we don't have any details yet

没有掌握任何细节

and we don't know how it's going to be implemented yet

也不知道具体会怎么实施

we want to do a rigorous scientific study

我们要开展严谨的科学研究

we want to measure the effect

评估实际效果

measure the harms measure the benefits

衡量其中的利弊

and then provide evidence for

之后为

what might work what might not work

方案的可行性提供实证依据

this is the app that the young people have installed

这款应用年轻人都安装了

on their phone

在他们的手机上

you can see there's a 2 hour limit

你能看到它有两小时使用限制

and then those apps will switch off

之后应用就会自动关闭

between the hours of 9pm and 7am

时间是晚9点到早7点

if the phone user wants to switch off the app

如果用户想要关闭这款应用

they can do that

是可以操作的

but if they stick to the challenge they win streaks

但坚持完成挑战就能累计连胜