As we use digital texts and tools, we click through the consent documents to get the app, platform, or tool running. Most times we don’t take the time to think through what the consent documents are requesting. The...
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Current events and responses to timely content.
Given the differences I discovered between the ways in which words are used in the body of research, practice, and press around children, screens, and media (Paciga & Donohue, 2017), I was thrilled to see an email in my box...
As we look around society, we see screens and digital devices everywhere. Chances are, we need to look up from our own devices to see others as they use devices. There is little debate about the ubiquitous presence of screens and...
A new paper by Amy Orben and Andrew Przybylski in Nature examines the widespread speculation around the connections between the use of digital tech by adolescents, and psychological well-being. The authors indicate that the...
Anya Kamenetz is back on my screen again, this time with an NPR article called Forget Screentime Rules – Lean In To Parenting Your Wired Child, Author Says. Kamenetz interviewed Jordan Shapiro, a Temple University...
Children now grow up surrounded by a plethora of screens. The access and abundance of these devices, and the pipelines they provide to digital content may be concerning to adults. It is important to note that they also may be a...
A recent post in Wired by Robbie Gonzalez examined some of the narrative around screentime and addiction. The piece, titled “We’ve got the screen time debate all wrong. Let’s fix it” looks at some of the...
In a recent essay published in the New York Times Opinion section, Paul Greenberg shared some insight on what we could do with our money and time if we set aside our phones for a year. In Search of Lost Screen Time argues for...
This week I was scrolling through Facebook on my mobile device, I came across the following ad for their new Messenger Kids app. In the ad, it shared the names and profile photos of some of my friends that have children...
A new report highlights the way big tech companies collect data on children. This recent study focuses on the “datafication” of children and its possible consequences suggests these posts may be more problematic than we...