Students in a two-year ethnographic study referred to Google more than any database when discussing their research habits. But ironically, say the study’s authors, they weren’t very good at using it. The series of studies, known as the “Ethnographic Research in Illinois Academic Libraries Project (ERIAL)” is a collaborative effort by five Illinois universities that […]
Continue readingMulti-Screen Media Usage Findings
According to Nielsen’s global survey of multi-screen media usage, watching video content on computers has become just as common as watching video content on television among online consumers. More than 80 percent of Internet respondents in 56 countries reported watching video content at home on a computer (84%) or on TV (83%) at least once a month. […]
Continue readingYoung male drivers are more vulnerable to sleepiness
One might imagine the vigour of youth would allow young men to shrug off the effects of a lack of sleep. In fact, a new study on driving performance documents that young men are particularly vulnerable to the effects of sleepiness, far more than older men. Read full article here
Continue readingEffects on Young Women of Sexualised Images
A new study of 258 US school girls and 171 female undergrads by Elizabeth Daniels has investigated how women and girls feel when they see sexualised images of female athletes. The key finding is that the girls and undergrads who viewed the sexualised athlete images tended to say they admired or were jealous of the athletes’ bodies, they […]
Continue readingThe Teenage Frenemy
Teenage friendships are never boring. There is rarely dull moment. It seems drama, or melodrama, is never far away. Amongst all the ups and downs have you noticed that your teenager seems to mention one or two people more than most when discussing the latest relational disturbance? Is there always one name that seems to […]
Continue readingAustralian Research Review of Teenage Texting Habits
This is an interesting read… Text messaging is short, simple, lacks contextual clues and can be quickly done at any time of the day or night and sent from a vast range of geographical locations. A recent literature review of research into the use of texting by students published by the Journal of the Research […]
Continue readingTV Haibts Linked to Unhealthy Diet in Teens
Researchers from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development found that the more TV a pre-teen or teenager watches, the more likely he or she is to skip daily breakfast, eat fast food, candy and sugar-sweetened beverages, and avoid fruits and vegetables. This was even after adjusting for factors like […]
Continue readingOne in Eight Teens Misuses Prescription Painkillers
One in eight older teens has used powerful painkillers when they weren’t prescribed — and many of them start misusing the medications earlier than was previously assumed, according to new research. “The non-medical use of controlled medications in (teens) has surpassed almost all illicit drugs except for marijuana,” said pediatrician Dr. Robert Fortuna, from the […]
Continue readingMaterialism & Teenage Self Esteem
This is not a new study (2007) but I have only just come across it. It suggest that as a teenagers self-esteem increases there is a corresponding decline in materialism. This further confirms what many of us will have observed that insecurity and having a poor self concept can lead to an increased desire to […]
Continue readingThe 10 Commandments for Parenting Broken Hearted Teenagers
Most of us can remember when it happened to us! The internal anguish that we thought would never end. There was no comfort, no solace, and no hope! No matter what anyone else said you could not be consoled. This person, the one who had just broken your heart, was the only one you had […]
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