Digital Discourse Database

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Facebook will not delete videos of violent death, abortion and self-harm, leaked guidelines show

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook doesn't want to deleter posts about violent death, abortion, and self-harm; the group doesn't want to censor anyone. Leaked documents revealed some of Facebook's rules in terms of violent content. For instance, videos of abortion are allowed but nuditiy is not. Pictures of animal abuse can also be shared.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, charts showing FB's montly active users, laptop screen displaying Facebook's login page,
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, Facebook, hand(s), smartphone

Screens and teens: survival tips for parents on the technology battlefield

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 23.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, smartphone, social media, threat, youth
Summary | A mom talks about her battle over digital screens with her children. Children are spending more time online, and research keeps showing the negative effects that screens can have (e.g. isolation, bullying, porn, suicide etc.). Since the phenomenon is so new, it is difficult for parents -they have no guide to follow. Technology is not necessarily bad, but parents should make sure their children are okay and happy. The article provides a list with some advice concerning young people and screens; from screen time limit to online groups and social media.
Image Description | Photograph of a young girl using her laptop, a mom and her daughter with a laptop and tablet, three children behind books, and a mom and her two kids with a laptop, tablet, and smartphone.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet

The science behind why you shouldn't take your phone on holiday

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 28.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, smartphone, technology-free, threat
Summary | We take our smartphones with us everywhere, including when we go on vacation. However, smartphones can become a distraction. The articles lists several reasons why people should leave their phone at home and enjoy their vacation: for instance, holidays are good and technology can lead to a lot of problems and dangers, you want to relax and soak up the artmosphere, you want to avoid unimportant trivia, you want to bond with other people, you want to avoid wasting time, you want to leave with the best memories.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of young people taking a selfie, two hands holding a smartphone and taking a picture of a landscape, four young people on their digital devices, man holding a phone and looking at it,
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), male(s), selfie, smartphone

Can travel still broaden the minds of the smartphone generation?

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 17.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, smartphone, technology-free, threat, youth
Summary | William Sutcliffe is the author of "Are You Experienced?"; he complains about the smartphone generation and how new technologies have changed travel and backpacking. According to Sutcliffe, it almost looks like people's experiences and adventures today haven't really happened until they have been shared, liked, and commented on. Travels are important for young people; once you're cut off from everything familiar, you can be challenged and see the world from a new perspective. But in today's digital world, is it still possible to cut yourself off from home?
Image Description | Photograph of 5 young people taking a selfie with a selfie stick, drawing of the front page of the book Are you Experienced?, picture of a young man holding a smartphone and looking at it, young woman using her smartphone and looking at it, photograph of a landscape and someone's legs, portrait of a young woman
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), selfie, selfie stick, smartphone

Netflix scrapping star ratings system in favour of 'thumbs up, down' reviews

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 17.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook
Summary | Netflix is replacing its five star rating system with a thumbs up/thumbs down option instead. The were inspired by Facebook. This is the way language works online. They have found that many more people are now rating the content on Netflix than before. They have also included a new percentage indicating how likely it is that certain titles will please specific users. They have gotten that idea from dating sites.
Image Description | A hand browsing Netflix on a tablet.
Image Tags | hand(s), Netflix, tablet

Instagram ranked worst social network for young people's mental health

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 19.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, Instagram, research/study, youth
Summary | Recent studies show that young adults aged 14 to 24 find that Instagram and Snapchat incease their sense of anxiety and loneliness the most. The most positivity boosting platforms were YouTube and Twitter. Mental health professionals are trying to stay informed on what youth's life looks like today so that they can better connect with them in a mental health crisis. Social media are more addictive than alcohol and cigarettes.
Image Description | Alamy image of two women taking a selfie on a beach and an image of a smartphone screen showing the Instagram logo.
Image Tags | female(s), Instagram, logo, selfie, smartphone

Digital friends making you lonely? Here are 9 things to do other than check Facebook

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 2.3.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, Facebook, research/study, social media
Summary | Recent statistics say that more young people feel lonely than old people - despite those active social media lives. Psychologists are eager to explain that social media activity cannot replace real human companionship. There are many things one can do to exit the social media anxiety habit: joing a class or club too meet new people or to see good friends on a regular basis, have phone calls with friends, spend weekends with friends, learn to be happy while being alone sometimes - this can be achieved by meditation and mindfulness.
Image Description | A series of Alamy images showing a woman using a smartphone in bed, a woman holding a smartphone with a laptop in the background, and various images of social activities with no technological devices (dinner, birthday party, wine drinking, gardening class) as well as a man using a laptop and smiling while talking on the phone and a woman meditating.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone, WhatsApp

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