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Die Floh-Affäre
(The flea affair)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 7.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, gender, law, smartphone, threat
Summary | Many children get tricked into subscribing to dubious newsletter services on their smartphones and are then intimidated into paying subscription fees. There is no legal need to pay these fees but people are easily intimidated. The author's son has subscribed to a porn site by accident and possibly President Obama's daughter have similar issues and find themselves having to pay for a horoscope subscription.
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Böse mitgespielt
(Foul play)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 21.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, game, law, pornography, sexting, threat
Summary | All children learn that they should beware of dangerous men on playgrounds but few parents include the same warning about digital playgrounds. Multiple cases are known in Germany where children were contacted by paedosexuals online through chat functions in online multi-player games and coaxed into sharing information, nude images, and meeting up resulting in sexual abuse.
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Soll mein Kind mit dem Handy für die Schule lernen?
(Should my child use a smartphone to study for school?)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 19.3.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, digitized education, school, smartphone
Summary | Education is becoming increasingly digitized - even in primary school. There are many learning apps on offer that let students practice lessons from school, for instance from math or a foreign language. Educators agree that digitized education is the future but that learning apps cannot replace a personal tutor if children have perform poorly in school. Parents are worried that by letting children do schoolwork on their smartphones the children will spend too much time using digital devices over all.
Image Description | Illustration of a girl sitting at a school desk holding her arm up. The desk is placed on a huge smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
Ab wann beginnt die Smartphone-Sucht? Schwer zu sagen
(When does smartphone addiction begin? Hard to tell)
Newspaper | Berliner Morgenpost
Date | 24.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | addiction, childhood, school, threat
Summary | Contemporary childhood is strongly influenced by new media. Many children get a smartphone from an early age and spend their free time in group chats where they can talk to their friends unsupervised by parents. Many schools already integrade new technologies into their classes. Children also have a harder time learning about the value of money because so much is paid for digitally. Parents need to talk to their children about the dangers lurking from strangers online.
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App-Charts: Mathe-Känguru hüpft in die Charts
(App charts: math kangaroo jumps into the charts)
Newspaper | Freie Presse
Date | 16.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | childhood, digitized education, game, school
Summary | One of the most-sold apps in Germany recently is the math kangaroo app. It is an app that attempts to make math fun for students and the grade of difficulty can be set to whatever school grade the user goes to. Other popular apps include picture editing apps, Minecraft, messenger apps like WhatsApp, and many others.
Image Description | Image of the math kangaroo.
Image Tags | logo
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