Mobile phones, children and families
We, as in me and some my friends, got a permission to organize a workshop in MobileCHI 2011. The theme is around mobile devices, children and families. For more details of the workshop, see our workshop blog.
But, why this topic? Why to care of the children? Well, as the studies, such as EU Kids Online, have shown, even pre-teen children use more and more of ‘multimedia’ features of devices, such as cameras, apps and the Internet.
This gives interesting opportunities in various fields, such as safety, education, … But also threads are there, such as being exposed to porn((Actually, my strangest memory ever was when being in Assembly-event and some children asked if our mobile phones had filtering software on them.)) to cases such as bullying or hover-parenting.
The technology around us is changing once again and the question is that what will society do. This is why more and deeper research is needed. As the Portal song says: “There’s research to be done.”
Tags: children, conference, mobile phones, research
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