Digital Discourse Database

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Are smartphones really making our children sad?

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Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 13.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, smartphone, threat, youth
Summary | Children's relationship with screens has become a contested topic; not everyone agrees with what should or shouldn't be done. Last week, the Atlantic published an excerpt of Jean Twenge's book (the Atlantic article was titled "Have smartphones destroyed a generation?"), which initiated very diverse reactions. Jean Twenge, who is an American pychologist, said that social media have a negative effect on young people. Twenger then answered some of her critics in this Guardian article.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of teenagers all staring at their phone or tablet.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet

Dad confiscates daughter's iPhone - then makes punishment even worse with savage joke

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone, texting, youth
Summary | One dad punished his daughter and confiscating her iPhone. He also made a joke and slid a piece of paper under her door; he actually drew a picture of a smartphone screen displaying text messages between his daugher and himself.
Image Description | Photograph of a girl using her phone, screenshots of several tweets (one of them shows the piece of paper), and photograph of a dad and his daughter.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, Twitter

So können nützliche Apps das Autofahren erleichtern

(This is how useful apps can make driving easier)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 19.8.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | (mental) health, law, smartphone, threat
Summary | It is prohibited to take a smartphone into your hand while driving - not to text, not to call, and not to check notifications or the time. One can use their smartphone via voice control or if it is mounted on the dashboard as a navigational unit. More and more car-targeted apps are becoming voice operated so as to make them useful for drivers.
Image Description | Images of hand-held and dashboard-mounted smartphones inside cars showing maps and the Facebook logo.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), logo, smartphone

How mobile tech is changing the way SMEs work

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 18.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | A speech and language therapist decided to create Mable Therapy; it uses mobile technology to help therapists interact with their patients. Now, users can chat online and use the video conference tool. Teachers can also deliver sessions and track pupils' progress.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman's hands holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | 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

Darauf können sich auch alte iPhone-Nutzer jetzt freuen

(This is what even old iPhone users can look forward to)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 19.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, emojis, smartphone, texting, translation, WhatsApp
Summary | The new iPhone operational system has a couple of new updates. There will be a new control unit and user surface making the iPhone increasingly similar to a full Mac. The in-house messenger iMessage has a lot of new emojis and stickers and allows the users to be more creative with their texting. It is however still no threat to WhatsApp because only Apple users can use iMessage. Siri no also speaks a bunch of new languages: she will be able to translate English into German, Chinese, Spanish, French or Italian.
Image Description | A screenshot of iOS 11.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone

iOS 11 - Diese 11 neuen Features solltest du kennen

(iOS 11 - you should know these 11 new features)

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Newspaper | Welt
Date | 22.9.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | smartphone, texting
Summary | The Apple operational system iOS 11 is meant for iPhones and iPads. It has a lot of new functions, like a screen recording function, or a one-handed texting function where the keyboard is slightly shifted to the right for people who only want to text with one thumb. Other features include a new control center and other changes to the user surface as well as a way to save GIFs.
Image Description | Getty images of a man presenting iOS 11 and a woman using a smartphone, screenshots showing the iOS 11 user surface, and tweets about the new iOS 11 features, some with GIFs.
Image Tags | female(s), gifs, male(s), smartphone, Twitter

'My electronic Swiss army knife': readers on 10 years of the iPhone

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Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 29.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Guardian readers talk about the smartphone/iPhone revolution. They explain their personal experiences with smartphones and digital devices and how they've changed their lives.
Image Description | Photographs of hands using smartphones, an egg, a hand holding a smartphone, and Steve Jobs holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | hand(s), male(s), smartphone

Technology can save lives, not just improve them

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Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 11.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Much has been said about the negative effects of new technologies. However, technology can save people's life. For instance, Bristol Braille Technology is an enterprise that created a braille electronic reader for blind people. Chatterbox is another tool that was created by a refugee in order to offer language tutoring. Within the "health" category, someone created a wireless sensor that makes physiotherapy exercises more fun, and someone created a tool to improve cancer diagnosis.
Image Description | Photographs of two men using a braille electronic reader, a man and a woman talking, and three women staring at a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone

Want to captivate an audience like Obama? There's an app for that

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Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 14.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | A new app called Orai allows speaker to improve their skills. The app uses artificial intelligence and gives users feedback about their public speaking skills.
Image Description | Portrait of Barack Obama speaking, and three iPhones.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone

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