Q: As a mother and a student examining media as a social issue, I’m concerned that technology is decreasing youth’s ability to communicate face-to-face, largely because most of their communication and activities are done through a screen. Is there evidence for this concern? ~ Face Facts, Bridgeport, CT A: Dear Face, Young people walk hand… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Ask the Mediatrician
Media Moment: Screaming at the Screen
Dear Reader, Welcome to another Media Moment! In this post, Kristelle Lavallee, CMCH’s Content Strategist, shares how an experience one Halloween night affected her current work creating resources for parents. These stories are meant to help create a village square of commiserating and co-celebrating the many ways media intersect with the lives of children. Please… Read more »
My 10-year-old is using a school tablet to access inappropriate content. What should I do?
Q: My ten-year-old daughter’s school has a new program where each student is paired with another to share a tablet. They switch off bringing the tablet home, but work on assignments in school together. I’m concerned that my daughter or her partner are using the tablet to search inappropriate topics online and even download (and… Read more »
Media Moment: What I Learned from the Digital Natives
Dear Reader, Welcome to another Media Moment! This month, Susan Alden, an Assistant Librarian at CMCH and former high school educator, shares how her perspective on students’ use of technology in education changed after she left teaching to pursue a career as an academic librarian. These stories are meant to help create a village square… Read more »
