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Games 'More Harmful To Grades' Than Social Media

Games 'More Harmful To Grades' Than Social Media | Writing about Life in the digital age | Scoop.it
Playing games excessively is likely to have a negative impact on GCSE results, affecting concentration and focus, a study finds.

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Games are more harmful than social networking sites when it comes to student perfomance in Board exams! This research shows how games, video games can be more detrimental than those soap operas that play on TV during prime time.

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4 simple steps to ensure you'll never, ever be tricked by an internet hoax again

4 simple steps to ensure you'll never, ever be tricked by an internet hoax again | Writing about Life in the digital age | Scoop.it
You're too smart to share this nonsense
rodrick rajive lal's insight:

Well, I guess we have come across incidents of Phishing and Spam e-mails? Most of these are scams that are set to draw out some money from you. Some might ask for your bank account details. 

magnus sandberg's curator insight, November 24, 2014 9:07 AM

I would perhaps replace some of these four points with others. But that is not the most important, as any steps taken will raise awarness, and that is what we want.

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Are we Entering the Age of Facebook Fatigue?

Are we Entering the Age of Facebook Fatigue? | Writing about Life in the digital age | Scoop.it
When it comes to media giants, they don’t get much bigger than Facebook. As of January 2015, the social network claimed a staggering 1.366 billion active users globally. However, it seems that even giants may not be immune to the power of consumer trends.According to research specialists GlobalWebIndex (GWI), Facebook experienced a drop in active usage of 8% in 2014. To clarify, this is a drop in usage rather than user volumes. Nevertheless, of the 8 major social platforms studied, Facebook was

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I very strongly agree witht premise of the article. We are all suffereing from a surfeit of virtual social networking, and it is telling on us. The compulsion to check posts, like posts and share posts is sapping us of our energy! This doesn't mean that some of us haven't taken advantage of Facebook, like for example promoting my forthcoming books, or even starting a fan following, but then it is true, so many of us start with a few minutes checking Facebook posts before we even start the day. Very soon we will need detox centres for Facebook fatigue, virtual fatigue, and keypad fatigue!

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