Tag: Smartphones
Kids with cellphones more likely to be bullies – or get...
Elizabeth Englander, Bridgewater State University
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Each year, more parents send their young child to elementary school equipped with a smartphone.
For instance, the percentage...
How ‘media snacks’ – from HQ Trivia to Candy Crush –...
Ethan Tussey, Georgia State University
When Snow White sang “Whistle While You Work,” she was participating in a long tradition of using entertainment to manage...
‘Big Tech’ isn’t one big monopoly – it’s 5 companies all...
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
Public concern about Facebook’s power in society – and in politics – has skyrocketed in the wake of revelations that...
Encrypted smartphones secure your identity, not just your data
Susan Landau, Tufts University
Smartphones store your email, your photos and your calendar. They provide access to online social media sites like Facebook and Twitter,...
Your mobile phone can give away your location, even if you...
Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University
U.S. military officials were recently caught off guard by revelations that servicemembers’ digital fitness trackers were storing the locations of their...
Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
The average teen spends at least six hours a day looking at a screen, with most of it from...
Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
The average teen spends at least six hours a day looking at a screen, with most of it from...
A grim year for the smartphone: 5 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
The year 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Five years ago, for the first time, over 50 percent of...
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...
