This month, the Nielson Company released a report called How Teens Use Media. The report provided a snapshot of the role media plays in the lives of U.S. teens today. In many ways, the report debunks the idea that teens are too busy engaging in new social media to engage in traditional media or the [...]
A few months ago I bought my newest tech toy, a Blackberry. Now I know that I was a late adopter when it came to phones. My kids thought I was hopeless. But not one to spend money on every new upgrade that comes along, I held onto my old phone till [...]
It could only happen in the 21st century, but a recent poll from the Annenberg Foundation’s Digital Future Report found a 40% increase in family members feeling ignored because of other family members’ Internet use. And this is happening during the biggest explosion of on-line social networking. People are adding friends by the dozens to their online life, [...]
What does it mean to be linked in and hooked into our computers… online … through games… texting… tweeting? Digital Nation, the new documentary from PBS, promises to be a series worth following and perhaps participating in. Its producers will investigate how technology changes how we live and work. The current topics explore digital impact on family life, the military use of simulated games, [...]
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