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Vortrag über Einfluss von hohem Medienkonsum auf Kinder
(Presentation of the influence of high media consumption for children)
Newspaper | Wiesbadener Kurier
Date | 28.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | addiction, childhood, pornography, threat
Summary | Children are using new media earlier than ever. The internet is not a playground - violent and sexually explicit material can be easily found online. If children use new media too much, they can become psychologically addicted or get bad posture, become overweight, or get headaches. While there are many benefits of the internet, there are also many dangers. Boys are more drawn toward online games and girls are more at risk to become addicted to communication on social media.
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Pling, Pling, Doppel-Pling
(Ding, Ding, Double-Ding)
Newspaper | Süddeutsche Zeitung
Date | 30.9.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | addiction, smartphone, social media, WhatsApp, youth, YouTube
Summary | A day in the life of a 13 year old who receives 200 messages a day. Lina uses her smartphone first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Though her father does not necessarily like her constant use of the smartphone and the notifications all the time, he is not worried about an addicion. Parents were taught about the risks on parent-teacher meetings. Lina is in a ton of group chats and is beginning to use Musical.ly. YouTube is a staple entertainment source for her.
Image Description | Lina with the smartphone on her bed and a hand holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), smartphone
Einfach mehr aus WhatsApp rausholen
(Just get more out of WhatsApp)
Newspaper | B.Z. (Berlin)
Date | 10.11.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | GIFs, WhatsApp
Summary | Many people have WhatsApp: 69% of Germans have it. But many do not know about fantastic new features that have been added over time. One can now send GIFs over WhatsApp or change the font of one's messages. One can also underline or cross out one's messages. There is a feature that shows users their WhatsApp usage statistics, how many messages they sent, how many they received, and so on.
Image Description | Screenshots of instructions.
Image Tags | WhatsApp
Experten verraten: Diese Apps müssen dringend auf Ihr Smartphone
(Experts reveal: these apps need to be on your smartphone)
Newspaper | Focus Online
Date | 5.3.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | privacy, smartphone, WhatsApp
Summary | It is difficult to avoid WhatsApp because virtually everyone is using it. The app profits from allowing you to reach everyone. There have however been privacy issues in the past. Safer options are the free app Signal (even recommended by Edward Snowden) or Threema. Other must-have apps are sophisticated password organizing apps, clean-up apps that optimize one's storage as well as good web browsers.
Image Description | Image of a boy holding a smartphone while laying on a sofa.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Vorsicht vor dieser Whatsapp-Falle
(Beware of this WhatsApp scam)
Newspaper | Stern
Date | 19.12.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A WhatsApp chain message is going around offering people free holiday emojis. A link directs them to a dodgy website where they type in their phone number and service provider. Instead of getting free emojis however one is signed up for an expensive subscription with hardly any possibility to quit. People should be careful with content they receive and spread through WhatsApp.
Image Description | A hand-held smartphone.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), hand(s), Instagram, smartphone, Viber, WhatsApp
WhatsApp-GIFs jetzt auch auf Android
(WhatsApp GIFs now also on Android)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 12.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, GIFs, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp are working on making GIFs available to users within the app. The moving images are very popular because they are more expressive than emojis but also do not use much more data or space on the smartphone's storage. GIFs had previously been availble in text messaging to iPhone users and now WhatsApp is trying to catch up.
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23 versteckte WhatsApp-Tricks
(23 hidden WhatsApp tricks)
Newspaper | Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Date | 25.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | GIFs, privacy, texting, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp has added many new features over the years that not everyone may have heard about; from text design options to the sending of documents, doing video chats, or creating your own GIF. User can personalize their privacy settings to some extent, because even if one turns off the read receipt feature (blue ticks), others can still get that information with a few clicks. Treasured conversations can be saved and annoying contacts blocked or muted.
Image Description | Screenshots with instructions.
Image Tags | emojis, WhatsApp
Hilfe, wo sind meine Whatsapp-Freunde hin!
(Help, where did all of my WhatsApp friends go!)
Newspaper | Der Bund
Date | 26.2.2014
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | Facebook, privacy, social media, WhatsApp
Summary | After Facebook has bought WhatsApp, many users are worried about their data privacy so waves of users are switching on to safer alternatives to WhatsApp such as Telegram, MyEnigma, or the Swiss app Threema. The large majority however is staying on WhatsApp, which causes more people to stay or return to WhatsApp. When Facebook replaced older social media platforms such as the German SchülerVZ, all users moved because a social media platform is only valuable when enough people use it.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone screen with social media different icons.
Image Tags | logo, smartphone, social media
Keine Chance für WhatsApp-Konkurrenz
(No chance for WhatsApp competition)
Newspaper | Der Bund
Date | 16.2.2015
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | Facebook, privacy, WhatsApp
Summary | When Facebook bought WhatsApp for $22 mio in 2014, many users feared that their data privacy would be exploited. App store sales for secure messaging apps increased, particularly the Swiss app Threema. Now, Facebook and WhatsApp still have the highest user numbers which shows that people do not seem to care very much about their data privacy in the long run. While WhatsApp did introduce end-to-end encryption, Facebook also broke their promise of never connecting WhatsApp and Facebook user data.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone screen with different icons.
Image Tags | logo, smartphone
Whatsapp macht das Abhören unmöglich – auch für sich selbst
(WhatsApp makes interception impossible – even for itself)
Newspaper | Der Bund
Date | 5.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | privacy, WhatsApp
Summary | WhatsApp has incorporated end-to-end encryption so that nobody can under no circumstances see the content of any message sent through the app. This was done so as to avoid problems with federal investigators. Recently, Apple did not allow federal investigators to break into a suspect’s phone because then the government would keep approaching them with such demands. Because WhatsApp wants to protects its users’ privacy, they have added end-to-end encryption to their service.
Image Description | Photograph of WhatsApp founder, Jan Koum.
Image Tags | male(s), WhatsApp
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