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Kommunikation ist alles
(Communication is everything)
Newspaper | Frankfurter Neue Presse
Date | 4.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | abbreviations, childhood, language threat, smartphone
Summary | Many young children already have smartphones. It is problematic if youths spend too much time on new media - they don't learn how to interact face-to-face so that they whip out the phone even if they are hanging out with a friend. They increasingly write in abbreviations which makes them do badly in school. Parents are part of the problem, because they demand that their children be available on the smartphone at all times. It is important to give children positive offline experiences.
Image Description | Image of a man holding a cell phone and holding his thumb up.
Image Tags | cell phone, hand(s), male(s)
Dumbphones haben jetzt durchaus wieder ihren Reiz
(Dumbphones seem quite appealing again)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 9.3.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | texting
Summary | Some companies are redesigning and selling so-called 'dumbphones' again: cell phones that can only be used to do phone calls and send SMS text messages. Even though that technology seems archaic now, the first iPhone was released only ten years ago. Many people are overwhelmed by the constant distraction of smartphones and might opt to simpler devices.
Image Description | Video presenting dumphones.
Image Tags | cell phone
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