Digital Discourse Database

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Smartphone users beware - your battery could be leaking details about you online

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 2.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, research/study, smartphone, threat
Summary | According to a research, your phone battery level could be used to track your online activity.
Image Description | Image of a low battery next to a warning sign, iPhone displaying a low battery, hand holding a smartphone displaying a game
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone

Byte-sized guide for parents on how they can keep their children safe online this summer

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 3.8.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | addiction, childhood, cyberbullying, privacy, research/study, threat
Summary | Parents want their kids to be safe online during the summer. A research shows that 8 to 16-year-old kids will spend about 130 hours on social media during the summer break. The article offers some tips to keep children safe (e.g. privacy and location settings, play together, how to deal with trolls and sexting, get children to play outside).
Image Description | Photograph of a kid holding a tablet of his/her lap, a kid's hand on a lapop, video about the Pokemon Go game, hand holding a smartphone, Minecraft characters, a little boy hiding his face, young woman making a face, two hands holding a smartphone, a child using a tablet.
Image Tags | female(s), game, hand(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet

Pokemon Go: What is it, how to play it and everything you need to know

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 26.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, smartphone, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The augmented reality game Pokemon Go is now available in the UK. Users can catch Pokemons in real life thanks to their smartphone. Pokemon Go is a popular game around the world, but playing the game can be dangerous; there have been robberies, shootings, and car accidents because of the game.
Image Description | Screenshot of Charlotte Nice's tweet, two videos about the game, two photographs of hands holding a smartphone displaying the game Pokemon Go, four photographs about accidents and injuries linked to the game.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone, Twitter

A Poke-error! Players in Gloucestershire left shocked after the game labels a symbolic sculpture an 'inbred attempt at modern art'

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Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 19.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game
Summary | Pokemon Go players from Gloucestershire were horrified after the game labelled them 'inbreds'. One Pokestop was located next to the sculpture "Strata", but instead of displaying the name 'Strata', the game labelled the Pokestop 'inbred attempt at modern art.'
Image Description | Screenshot of the game and the display 'inbred attempt at modern art', and photograph of a hand holding a smartphone and playing Pokemon Go.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone

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