Tag: Smartphones
Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the...
Allissa V. Richardson, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
It has been five years since May 25, 2020,...
Debunking 5 myths about when your devices get wet
Rachel Plotnick, Indiana University
Nearly everyone has encountered the unthinkable: Your smartphone landed in the toilet. Or you forgot...
How to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox
Kelley Cours Anderson, College of Charleston and Karen Anne Wallach, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Life in the digital...
Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy
Joseph K. Nwankpa, Miami University
Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to...
Nationwide test of Wireless Emergency Alert system could test people’s patience...
Elizabeth Ellcessor, University of Virginia and Hamilton Bean, University of Colorado Denver
The Wireless Emergency Alert system had its...
Do smartphones belong in classrooms? Four scholars weigh in
Louis-Philippe Beland, Carleton University; Arnold Lewis Glass, Rutgers University; Daniel G. Krutka, University of North Texas, and Sarah Rose, Staffordshire University
What’s a Luddite? An expert on technology and society explains
Andrew Maynard, Arizona State University
The term “Luddite” emerged in early 1800s England. At the time there was a...
Gen Z goes retro: Why the younger generation is ditching smartphones...
Omar H. Fares, Toronto Metropolitan University https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/gen-z-goes-retro--why-the-younger-generation-is-ditching-smartphones-for--dumb-phones-
There is a growing movement among Gen Z to do away with...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
