May 2016
Shaming weary mums for relying on screen time is a feminist issue - and here’s why
The amount of screen time you allow your children has become shorthand for how bad a parent you are - the more you allow, the worse off your kids are. Cross Oxbridge - actually, cross any sort of proper university - right off the list, if you’re subjecting your children to the electronic babysitter for more than, say, five minutes a week. And it’s not just the children’s screen time, of course - though debates so often begin and end there; it’s yours - as Ruby Wax, who says she missed her children growing up through being on her phone too much, has pointed out.
Telegraph 31/5/2016
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‘I missed out on my kids’ childhood because I was always on the phone’, says Ruby Wax
Ruby Wax has admitted she missed her children growing up because she was constantly on the phone. Technology had conspired with the internet and advertising to hijack our attention, she said. She told the Hay Festival: ‘I missed my kids’ childhoods. They’re always saying to me ‘what was I like when I was four or seven?’ and I can’t remember because I was on the telephone. I spent the whole time on there.’
MailOnline 31/5/2016
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Moms are using iPads as nannies, says Salma Hayek
They’re regularly used by mothers in desperate need of some peace and quiet. But there is a danger that iPads are ‘isolating’ children from the real world, according to actress Salma Hayek. The mother-of-one and stepmother-of-three claims children have to be dragged into participating in ‘real life’, rather than left in front of screens.
MailOnline 31/5/2016
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Three network to run 24-hour adblocking trial
Mobile provider Three is to run a 24-hour adblocking trial in the UK in the first step towards removing ads for all its customers.
Guardian 26/5/2016
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Brussels set to scrap rules that limit commercials to 12 minutes an hour
Television viewers may have to sit through even more adverts after Brussels said it would scrap rules limiting the length of breaks in shows. The European Commission yesterday revealed it wants to dump restrictions preventing channels showing more than 12 minutes of commercials each hour. Officials also want to loosen rules restricting product placement to allow more in-your-face American-style brand promotion.
Mediawatch, warned that channels risked losing viewers if they put on more adverts during shows. ‘Broadcasters risk alienating and losing their viewers if they take advantage of this. There will definitely be less enjoyment watching television if people are bombarded with adverts. Clearly there is also a risk that children will be affected if they are shown too many adverts for certain types of products.’
MailOnline 25/5/2016
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Children under 16 should be banned from using smartphones
Former Downing Street policy adviser Steve Hilton is one of our most brilliantly original — and provocative — thinkers. In yesterday’s Mail, he drew on his years at No 10 to unleash a devastating critique of how the EU makes Britain ungovernable. Today, he turns to the untold damage that the twin threats of internet porn and our risk-averse culture are wreaking on our children…
MailOnline 24/5/2016
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BBC confirms web closures as part of £15m cuts
‘The BBC is to shut down its food and Newsbeat websites as part of plans to save £15 million and address criticism that the Corporation is unfairly competing with commercial online publishers.’
The Independent 18/5/2016
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YouTube pranksters jailed after ‘terrifying’ fake art heist
Men led by Trollstation founder Danh Van Le, already jailed for a bomb hoax, ran amok at the National Gallery in London.
The Guardian 17/5/2016
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BBC gets green light to launch Netflix rival
Corporation in talks with potential partners including ITV and NBC Universal about new subscription service.
The Guardian 17/5/2016
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The future of the BBC - what it means for you
Three things you need to know about what the White Paper on the future of the BBC means for viewers. The BBC’s entertainment correspondent David Sillito explains.
BBC Online 12/5/2016
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White paper to propose handing of BBC governance to Ofcom
The white paper, to be presented to parliament by Whittingdale, is expected to announce a radical overhaul of BBC governance by giving more power to media regulator Ofcom and setting up a BBC unitary board. The old BBC Trust will be abolished and regulation will largely pass to Ofcom, which already regulates commercial broadcasters.
mediaGuardian 12/5/2016
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Fifty Shades of Grey readers show higher levels of sexism, study finds
Young women who have read EL James’s erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey are more likely to display sexist attitudes, according to new research.
Guardian 10/5/2016
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Police reaction to revenge porn is playing into predators’ hands
Revenge porn – the sharing of explicit or sexual images without consent – became a specific criminal offence in the UK just over a year ago, and it seems that some police forces are struggling to understand how to use the new law.
Guardian 10/5/2016
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‘Boys risk becoming addicted to porn, video games and Ritalin’
In the UK today, a young person is more likely to have a television in their bedroom than a father in their house by the end of their childhood. And even if fathers are around, their sons don’t engage with them much: boys spend 44 hours in front of a TV, smartphone or computer screen for every half hour in conversation with their fathers.
Guardian 9/5/2016
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Reading on computer screens changes how your brain works, scientists say
Reading on computer screens and smartphones has made people unable to fully understand what they are reading as our brains retreat into focusing on small details rather than meanings, a study claims.
The findings from Dartmouth College support common fears that modern technology has shortened attention spans and left little time for contemplative thought.
Telegraph 9/5/2016
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Sir David Attenborough warns government over BBC meddling
Veteran broadcaster says BBC is ‘one of most precious things that we have’ and calls government’s funding deal ‘terrible’.
The Guardian 3/5/2016
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BBC launches ‘ambitious new diversity and inclusion strategy’
The BBC has launched its ambitious new strategy that it says will ‘hardwire diversity and inclusion into everything the Corporation does, on- and off-air’.
The BBC 3/5/2016
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