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Media Multitasking: Impacts on Children’s Learning and Development
The term “multitasking” is often heard in the news nowadays, usually in the rather negative context of people (most often young people) trying to do too many things at once with the result of not being able to do any one thing particularly well. We know the scenarios: kids busy texting while doing their homework online and listening [...]
Continue reading...Canada and Cyberbullying: New Data, Key Researchers and Organizations
30. May 2010
A new study has found that 8 percent of Canadian parents of children aged 7-17 indicate that their child
Continue reading...“Generation Me”: Less Empathy for Others, More Likely to Cyberbully?
29. May 2010
May 27, 2010. A just released University of Michigan meta-analysis study of 14,000 college students combining 72 different studies over a 30 year period finds
Continue reading...Cyberbullying 2010: What the Research Tells Us – Latest Pew Internet Info
14. May 2010
Are you in need of the latest facts and figures about cyberbullying? Do you want to know that you are up-to-date with current research? Then check out the slide show presentation on “Cyberbullying 2010: What the Research Tells Us,” which has been put together by Amanda Lenhart at the Pew Internet & American Life Project. You will [...]
Continue reading...Cyberbullying and Suicide: Hinduja & Patchin Research
11. May 2010
A lot of media attention has recently been given to the subject of young people ending their lives as a result of being bullied and/or cyberbullied (see also our recent blog on this topic). Profs. Hinduja and Patchin at the Cyberbullying Research Center have just had their paper on Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Suicide accepted for [...]
Continue reading...Bullying: Nearly Three in Four Americans Say Serious Problem
1. May 2010
In a new study by Public Agenda, almost three in four Americans (74%) say bullying is a serious problem in their local schools. The 1001 participants were interviewed by telephone April 8 to 11, 2010 and the questions on bullying were part of a larger survey that included questions on politics, current events and even [...]
Continue reading...Response to “Teen Texting Soars: Will Social Skills Suffer?”
20. April 2010
April 20, 2010: National Public Radio ran a story today on the recent findings on Teens and Mobile Phones by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project (April, 2010), asking, “Will social skills suffer” as teen texting soars. We suggest not necessarily if they take a leaf out of a wonderful book entitled Teach Your [...]
Continue reading...International Cyberbullying Perspective: Australian youth “tuning out” online safety messages
16. April 2010
Have you ever tuned out an airline safety message before take-off, even though it could save your life? Ever fast-forwarded past a DVD’s anti-piracy message leader? Are youth tuning out our online safety messages because they are repetitive, uninteresting and seem irrelevant?
Continue reading...Latest Online Media Use Research — Generation M2
2. April 2010
Just when you thought it was safe to come out from under your desk, we learn that researchers are surprised by the explosion of use of ditigal media by 8- to 18-year-olds; new data “shatters” old data showing that time had “peaked” 5 years ago. Learn about the latest online media use research if you dare!
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