Repeated confinements, distance school, telework… The health crisis linked to Covid-19 has greatly modified the digital practices of families, as revealed by a study carried out by Ipsos for the National Union of Family Associations (Unaf) and the Observatory of parenthood and digital education (Open) published Monday, February 7 (1). First observation: 44% of parents […]
The deputy (LREM) Bruno Studer, supported by the whole of the majority group, presents this Wednesday January 12 in the Committee for Cultural Affairs of the National Assembly, a bill “aimed at encouraging the use of parental control”. → MAINTENANCE. Bruno Studer: “My law on parental control must provoke a debate” It resumes a commitment […]
The scene has been repeating itself regularly for a year or two. Marjorie and Pascal plan to watch a family movie with their children, ages 12 and 14. But while they search for a program that might appeal to everyone, the two teens “Take the opportunity to slip into their room with their cell phone, […]
The cross: What are the digital practices of adolescents? Barbara Fontar: These practices vary according to the moments of the life and the social situations. The first use, the one that worries adults so much, is entertainment. Screens are an extraordinary support for decompression in the face of increasingly strong academic pressure. Adolescents decompress and […]
► “We sometimes all play a game together on the console” Magali,41 years old, administrative manager “We are quite a consumer of screens. My husband is a “Gamer” and he plays a lot at night when the children are asleep. He passed the virus on to our 15 year old son. During the first confinement, […]
This is the back-to-school media phenomenon. The one you cannot escape unless you live as a recluse in a cave, the marketing strategy is so well oiled. The South Korean series, Squid Game (“Squid game”), broadcast on Netflix since September 17, broke start-up audience records, with more than 111 million households subscribed to see it, […]
La Croix L’Hebdo: You consider that overexposure to screens in children and more particularly in toddlers (0-6 years) is “the new disease of the century”. How is this overexposure characterized? Anne-Lise Ducanda: There has been a worrying turn over the past ten years. Children are now subjected directly to screens: using an adult’s smartphone, watching […]
La Croix: Online video games are very popular with young people. A third of 10-17 year olds play it, compared to 11% of adults. What is the particularity of this game mode? Justine Atlan: When we talk about video games, we imagine a young person in the living room, alone or with friends, in front […]
In 2020, the video game industry broke all records with a turnover of 5.3 billion euros, up 11.3%, according to the annual report of the Syndicate of Leisure Software Publishers ( Sell), published in March. Containment obviously has something to do with it. Deprived of outings and social relations, the French “escaped” by playing massively, […]