Grown Ups on Facebook
Recently I saw this Los Angeles Times article on how parents on Facebook are embarrassing their kids by the comments and posts that they make…
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Online Primer for Parents
If you’re a youth worker or parent who stays on top of teen online trends, you won’t find any surprises in this week’s report from McAfee (the virus-protection software folks) about adolescent behavior called “The Secret Online Lives of Teens.”
New Spins on Social Media Research
According to an LA Times article yesterday entitled “Teenage social media butterflies may not be such a bad idea,” we shouldn’t be very concerned about those kids who spend lots of time …
Gaming Violence Linked to Real-Life Agression
The debate has swirled for years about whether more exposure to on-screen violence leads to more real-life violence and aggression.
Screen Time and Friends
Last week, our nine year-old son started talking about American Idol. We don’t watch “A.I.” so I asked how he knew so much about it…
Evolving Online Communication
The research team over at the Pew Internet and American Life Project just released their latest report on social media and young adults, which includes teenagers.
Stunning Media Use for Kids
OK, I don’t consider myself naive when it comes to kids’ use of media. But even I was surprised by this study by the Kaiser Family Foundation about kids’ media use.
Gaming Numbers
Brad Griffin, our FYI Associate Director, forwarded me this creatively done short summary of interesting stats on gaming.
10 Interesting Global Trends
OK, I know everyone and their brother is coming up with a list of trends for the year and/or decade. But I have known about the process for this list from First Fruit and think it’s quite solid.
Exploiting the Teen Voice
Last week there was a “Web 2.0 Summit” techie conference in San Francisco. Like many conferences…