By — William Brangham William Brangham By — Solveig Rennan Solveig Rennan By — Madison Staten Madison Staten By — Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara By — Alexa Gold Alexa Gold By — Zoie Lambert Zoie Lambert Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/horizons/2026/06/screens-are-virtually-inescapable-what-are-they-doing-to-our-health Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story They're in our pockets, workplaces, homes and schools — screens are everywhere. Americans are spending more than seven hours a day looking at screens. What is this doing to our well being? And does all this screen time affect different generations differently? Horizons moderator William Brangham explores what we know and don't know with researchers Kostadin Kushlev and Courtney K. Blackwell. By — William Brangham William Brangham William Brangham is an award-winning correspondent, producer, and substitute anchor for the PBS News Hour. He also serves as the host of Horizons from PBS News. @WmBrangham By — Solveig Rennan Solveig Rennan Solveig Rennan is a producer of national affairs for PBS News Hour and Horizons. By — Madison Staten Madison Staten By — Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara Satvi Sunkara is a producer for PBS News. By — Alexa Gold Alexa Gold Alexa Gold is an associate producer for PBS News. By — Zoie Lambert Zoie Lambert Zoie Lambert is an associate producer for PBS News.