Social media responsibility & Labayk
Social media use is growing globally year on year. Currently, over 3.5 billion people (or over 45% of the world’s population) are active social media users. This has created a […]
Internet addiction: Jordan bans PUBG video game, Players groan, parents rejoice
By Johanna Montanari – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Since Thursday, the popular online multiplayer battle royale PlayerUnknown’s BattleGround (PUBG) has been down in Jordan after the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) […]
Mobile devices spell danger for Gulf children
One study found that children in Saudi Arabia spend more than 2.5 hours a day on mobile devices, the third highest duration of the 10 countries surveyed. (Reuters) ANNA […]
As a parent, I’m concerned about my kids’ screen time – but am I a hypocrite?
Convincing kids to limit their screen time is largely a matter of willpower and of finding attractive alternatives – not just using an app so that a tablet automatically turns […]
How does treatment for social media addiction actually work? I have some ideas
Last week I sat next to two women in their twenties who had clearly spent a long time doing their makeup and who spent the entire meal staring into tiny […]
Save your children from digital addiction
Nidhal Guessoum | Published — Monday 29 January 2018 There’s a good chance your children, whatever age they may be, are digital addicts. We do not have statistics for the […]
Robert Fisk: Our addiction to the internet is as harmful as any drug
Robert Fisk: Our addiction to the internet is as harmful as any drug – and what passes for comment these days is often simply foul abuse – The focus on ‘surfing’ rather than proper reading has impoverished literature Read more: http://www.themuslimtimes.org#ixzz32uU3DMzd Something is rotten in the state of technology. I […]
Parents beware – if your teenagers offer to make you a milkshake!!!
(Actual headline of the article: Teenage Girls Drug Parents To Use The Internet After Hours) redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports – Your Universe Online Apparently, some teenagers REALLY love using […]
When amorous calls become an addiction
JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS Friday 31 August 2012 The advancement in communication technology and the Internet have made it much easier for deluded teenagers to communicate. Mobile phones are capable of providing visual communication, and the chat programs on these phones have become the center of the lives of some youngsters […]
Pulling the plug
by Jean-Claude Elias | Aug 10, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES A joke currently circulating on the web: One evening a teenager and his mother were sitting cozily, talking about life and death. Teenager: “Mom, seriously, I think euthanasia makes perfect sense. Don’t you ever let me live like a vegetable […]