A recent study from Common Sense Media points out a new and troubling kind of digital divide -- an "app gap" between children from higher-income homes and children from low-income households.
While apps have become commonplace in many affluent homes, the study reveals that lower-income kids are losing...
7 Comments | Posted October 26, 2011 | 12:01 PM
A new study from Common Sense Media confirms what we all know -- our kids spend a lot of time with media. But the study also pulls the curtain back on the type of media children are spending the most time with and, contrary to what you might...
2 Comments | Posted November 12, 2010 | 12:31 PM
We're all hearing and seeing the disturbing reports about cyber-bullying and its tragic outcomes. According to a Pew Internet Research study, 38% of girls and 26% of boys online reported being bullied. But only 10% of those experiencing cyber-bullying tell their parents, according to Common Sense Media.
While cyber-bullying appears...
8 Comments | Posted September 22, 2010 | 1:20 PM
Turnoff Week, formerly Turn-off TV Week and now in its ninth year, calls for people around the world to turn off their electronics, disengage from digital media and take a moment to think, read and create. It's an important message, but one that is far too simplistic. If we simply...
2 Comments | Posted March 15, 2012 | 2:17 PM