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Growing Up In The Digital Age: how is the digital revolution affecting our teens and twenty something's? abc.net.au 23/04/07
* Teens limit social-networking data: Teenagers do not think twice about using first names & photos on personal online profiles, but most refrain from using full names or making profiles fully public smh.com.au 19/4/07
* We're watching you ... These days bullying is more likely through text messages or via the internet. 42% of girls aged 12-15 have been on the receiving end of destructive mail. abc.net.au 17/2/07 -
Gotta go Mum, it's a message from my sponsor: The teenager's dream of a free mobile phone is a step closer, but you will have to give personal details to advertisers smh.com.au 27/3/07
* Mobile phones rule the young: Young people are going without food, clothes & textbooks to pay their mobile phone costs smh.com.au 2/2/07 -
May contain sex, nudity and endless embarrassment: Do not make a sex tape with your boyfriend. smh.com.au 25/11/06
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Imitation plastic: 2 banks have introduced debit cards to make purchases over the internet, aiming the cards at young adults, who would normally find it difficult to qualify for a credit card. smh.com.au 25/10/06
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Turning up volume on risks to hearing: Limit loud music on an mp3 player to 90 minutes a day to avoid hearing damage. Listening at top volume for more than 5 minutes risks permanent damage... smh.com.au 19/10/06
* Attack of the iPods: iPod user suing Apple for hearing loss, says the sound can exceed 115 decibels, which is dangerous for more than 28 seconds. smh.com.au 11/10/06 -
Schools advised to target blogging bullies: After threats against teachers and students on blog sites, lawyers advise NSW schools that inappropriate use of internet, phones or text messages is a criminal offence. smh.com.au 2/10/06
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Broadcast yourself: digital children create vision splendid: As politicians squabble over rewriting the rules for mass media, new technology means many young people opt out of the debate as they create their own media. smh.com.au 10/10/06
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Jesus in cyberspace: Sydney Anglicans have their first web evangelist to oversee a new, internet-based ministry. smh.com.au 18/10/06
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Why learning is child's play: One highly respected academic who espouses the value of interactive games in education believes the commercial game industry will never realise the full potential of educational gaming. theage.com.au 7/9/06
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Internet addicts halfway house opens: China has opened a halfway house for internet addicts, offering shell-shocked teenagers counselling... smh.com.au 24/8/06
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Shoot the messenger and put an end to Cyberslang: IF U R N2 SMS TALK, N U LIKE DIS WAY OF RITING, WELCUM 2 DA SILENT MAJORITY. That's right, the silent majority, because there is more real communication between two stunned mullets floating downstream in a current than on mobiles, IRC, ICQ, and iPods used by youth and corporate colleagues these days. smh.com.au 6/9/06
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Why censors are going overboard: A generation ago, a teenager in search of adult content needed to be resourceful. smh.com.au 21/9/06
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Churches pint young in the direction of Jesus: Jesus Christ has been recruited to MySpace with a page advertising his love of beards, extreme water-skiing and film Life of Brian. smh.com.au 16/9/06
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Me generation may yet have its own protest songs: Dissent is beginning to find a voice in modern music. smh.com.au 14/9/06
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Being on the outer now in with the crowd: ... popular people have become the villains of adolescent movies ... the school prefects, the sports stars, the "cool" kids and the "queen bees" ... Hollywood has begun to portray them as not only dopey but immoral. smh.com.au 15/8/06
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When play turns into pain: Addicted gamers are flocking to a detox clinic that helps them regain control of their lives. smh.com.au 12/8/06
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Ethics on the line as ordinary people put themselves in the picture: For the cautious, having your photo online is an uncomfortable proposition... But this doesn't seem to worry today's youth, who welcome the attention and are often the ones to proliferate their images. smh.com.au 1/8/06
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Why every Australian family needs the internet: Imagine a country where the children of poor families are denied textbooks at home. Where they can't look up words in a dictionary or the latest facts and figures in an encyclopedia. Where children of the rich have access to the best libraries and the best education, while others are excluded. smh.com.au 24/6/06
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You, 3G savvy? Can't fool the children of the revolution: Girls between 14 and 17 now have the highest number of mobile phones per head of any age group in Australia. smh.com.au 28/6/06
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Moving to the dark side of the screen: Claims linking video games to murders rattle the powerful industry. smh.com.au 13/5/06
