All Discussions Tagged 'College' - 12160 Social Network2024-03-29T00:09:02Zhttps://12160.info/forum/topic/listForTag?groupUrl=the-social-network-assklown-circus&tag=College&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHEAVY USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY UK CHILDREN HAS BEEN LINKED TO LOWER LEVELS OF LITERACY FOR THE FIRST TIMEtag:12160.info,2018-08-20:2649739:Topic:18106842018-08-20T18:15:58.754ZCentral Scrutinizerhttps://12160.info/profile/H0llyw00d
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<div class="div_clear">The landmark study by <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/university-college-london/">University College Londo</a>n (UCL), based on 11,000 children tracked from their…</div>
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<div class="div_clear">The landmark study by <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/university-college-london/">University College Londo</a>n (UCL), based on 11,000 children tracked from their births in 2000, found their time on social media could be detracting from reading and homework, with a potential knock-on effect on their literacy.</div>
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<div id="newsdetail"><div class="articleBodyText version-2 section"><div class="article-body-text component version-2"><div class="component-content"><p>Professor Yvonne Kelly, director of UCL's International Centre for Lifecourse Studies, said the findings suggested a link between “the amount of time young people spend on social media and their levels of literacy”.</p>
<p>Both boys and girls who were heavier users were affected the same. “We looked at whether the more time young people spend on social media, the less time they have for the things that might improve their literacy such as reading for enjoyment and doing homework,” said Professor Kelly.</p>
<p>She said it was now time for the government to consider setting official “healthy” time limits on children’s social media use outside school. Her research also showed heavy users of social media – and particularly girls – were more likely to be depressed.</p>
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<div class="htmlEmbed section"><div class="html-embed component"><div class="component-content"><div class="quote section"><div class="quote component"><div class="component-content"><q class="quote__content">Communication skills in face-to-face situations have been on the decline since social media has become more widely used</q><span class="quote__author">Dr Cara Booker</span></div>
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<div class="articleBodyText section"><div class="article-body-text component"><div class="component-content"><p>“More hours spent on social media appear to impact negatively on young people’s wellbeing and could have knock on effects for their longer-term prospects at school and work,” she wrote in an article for the Royal Society for Public Health’s “scroll-free” campaign for people to give up social media for September.</p>
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