by Stuff New Zealand
Digital living Google confirms 10 percent pay rise: reports Number portability should stay: Commission Engineers identify Vodafone network glitch Feds: Woman illegally fired over Facebook remarks Google announces ‘Instant Previews’ search feature Microsoft sues Motorola over Xbox patent issue Unions seek action on Depression-era packers Google gags Groggle Facebook grabs bigger slice of display ad pie Let’s face it: Teenagers spend hours texting, socialising on Facebook and playing video games. And it’s driving their parents nuts. Sure, there are real dangers associated with all this screen time – everything from cyberbullying to couch-potato obesity. Not to mention driving while texting, shortened attention spans and internet porn. But many of today’s parents spent hours as kids sitting in front of screens too – only they were TV screens. Which raises an interesting question: Is Facebook really worse for teenagers’ brains than the mindless reruns of Gilligan’s Island and The Brady Bunch that their parents consumed growing up?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4288805/Is-texting-worse-than-TV
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