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NEW STUDY: Evaluating Industry Self-Regulation of Food Marketing to Children
Concern has grown about the role of televised food advertising as a contributor to childhood obesity. In response, the food industry...
Limiting Screen Time Yields Mulitple Benefits, ISU Study Finds
Parents may not always see it, but efforts to limit their children's screen time can make a difference. A new study, published in JAMA...
NEW PAPER: Putting Education in “Educational” Apps: Lessons From the Science of Learning
Children are in the midst of a vast, unplanned experiment, surrounded by digital technologies that were not available but 5 years ago. At...
NEW STUDY: AM:STARs Social Networking & New Technologies
Today's teens are often referred to as Digital Natives due to their upbringing immersed in technological tools including smartphones and...
IN THE NEWS: Franchising a Student Digital Privacy Law
By Natasha Singer for The New York Times, Taken from Benton Foundation Headlines As a reporter who covers tech industry data-mining...
NEW PEW STUDY: Teens, Social Media & Technology
Taken from PEW Research Center; by Amanda Lenhart 24% of teens go online “almost constantly,” facilitated by the widespread availability...
NEW BOOK: Children and Media: A Global Perspective by Dafna Lemish
Children and Media: A Global Perspective by Dr. Dafna Lemish Media – old, new, and evolving - are an integral part of all forms of...
IN THE POPULAR MEDIA: Google Denies YouTube Kids App Unfairly Targets Kids
Watchdog groups have accused Google of using “unfair and deceptive marketing practices” in its YouTube Kids app, arguing the app’s video...
NEW BOOK: Disconnected - Carrie James: Youth, New Media and the Ethics Gap
Young people are more connected to one another than ever before. Via Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and a host of apps and other digital...
WORKGROUP SPOTLIGHT: Chairman Dan Anderson and Cognitive Development
Professor Anderson studies children and television including children's interactions during TV viewing and the impact on cognitive...
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