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Das eigene Verhalten überdenken
(Reflect one’s own behavior)
Newspaper | St. Galler Tagblatt
Date | 17.2.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | school, technology-free, texting, WhatsApp, youth
Summary | A Sunday school teacher reports that more and more younger people give up part of their multi-media consumption for lent instead of food. Many will for instance give up their use of WhatsApp, text messaging, or video games rather than food. This shows that youths think very critically about their consumption habits.
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40 Tage ohne Honig im Tee
(40 days without tea with honey)
Newspaper | St. Galler Tagblatt
Date | 14.2.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, Facebook, WhatsApp
Summary | Catholic and Protestant churches of the St. Gallen area are advertising lent season and trying to get people to give up something they value for 40 days. The blue cross also urges people to give up addicting habits for 40 days. Next to alcohol, cigarettes, meat, and sweets, social networks such as Facebook or WhatsApp seem to be popular addicting habits to give up for lent.
Image Description | Digital image of the number 40 in the background, and a burger in the foreground.
Schweizer immer länger online
(The Swiss are spending more and more time online)
Newspaper | St. Galler Tagblatt
Date | 16.12.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | research/study, WhatsApp
Summary | The University of Zurich has collected data on Swiss citizens internet usage. The article lists many statistics stemming from this broad data collection such as the fact that Swiss people spend 22 hours a week online on average which is twice as much as in 2011. Further, only 7% of Swiss citizens do not have internet access; most of them have a lower income or are unemployed. The most popular categories of googling and emailing are joined by the activity of chatting which has dramatically increased since the advent of WhatsApp.
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