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Mother's horror after sick perverts target her six-year-old daughter through online gaming app for young children
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 26.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, game, pornography, privacy, threat
Summary | Using a popular mobile gaming app (Roblox), perverts have been sending kids explicit and inappropriate messages. They've been trying to lure kids and ask them for their addresses. Jemma Casey is the mother of 6-year old Morgan, who was sent indecent messages. Other children have also been targeted.
Image Description | Photograph of a mom and her daughter, screenshots of inappropriate messages, and photograph of a mom and her son.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), text
See how 'A Christmas Carol' and other classics are being translated into emoji
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | childhood, emojis, translation
Summary | A woman is translating various children's literature into emojis. Not the whole text is replaced by emojis, only some words or parts of words. The books are supposed to be really great for beginning readers to encourage reading since the texts are made easier to understand by using a range of emojis. Not only the regular emojis available on all smartphones are used but also roughly 600 original emojis created by the author.
Image Description | A passage from the emoji-enhanced version of "A Christmas Carol".
Image Tags | emojis, text
Texting and talking is ok for adults, but don't tweet from the table: Study reveals mealtime phone etiquette
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 10.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, research/study, youth
Summary | A new study revealed some interesting results regarding the proper use of smartphones at the dinner table. Not all phone activities are perceived the same way; for instance, it is okay for parents to make a quick phone call or text during mealtime, but they should not tweet or post anything online. Also, an adult's use of smartphone at the dinner table is viewed as more appropriate as a child's. As a result, what is considered appropriate depends on who is present at the dinner table and what phone activity they're engaged in. The strongest predictor of appropriate use is actually people's own use of digital devices.
Image Description | Series of two photographs: the first one represents a family at the dinner table, with the mother on the phone, the father using the remote control, and both children texting. The second one represents a father and his son at the table; they are both using their phones. Series of two charts showing the details of the study.
Image Tags | chart, smartphone, text
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