Last but not least: Cell phone customer for students
Erfurt-based media scholar Iren Schulz aims to promote media literacy among students by incorporating a kind of "cell phone lesson" into the classroom. Mobile phone use now plays a crucial role in young people's search for identity, Schulz explained in an interview with DPA.
The Erfurt media scientist Iren Schulz wants to promote the media competence of pupils with a kind of cell phone lesson in class. In an interview with DPA, Schulz explained that mobile phones now play a decisive role in young people's sense of identity. Schulz is working at the University of Erfurt on a study about the importance of cell phones in social relationships of young people. She describes file-sharing networks, where boys in particular exchange small films with scenes of violence and pornography, as a serious problem. Society should no longer close its eyes to this development. Regulation, if possible also in the hardware of the devices, is urgently needed.
According to Schulz, the significance of the clips for young people has not yet been clearly researched. She describes the fact that children can easily get their hands on the films as extremely problematic. After all, a third of eight- and nine-year-olds already own a cell phone.
As reasonable as Schulzer's concern sounds, the Werbewoche editorial team was surprised by the title of the news item "Media scientist calls for cell phone lessons": and you'd think kids would know a hundred times better about cell phones than their teachers ...
According to Schulz, the significance of the clips for young people has not yet been clearly researched. She describes the fact that children can easily get their hands on the films as extremely problematic. After all, a third of eight- and nine-year-olds already own a cell phone.
As reasonable as Schulzer's concern sounds, the Werbewoche editorial team was surprised by the title of the news item "Media scientist calls for cell phone lessons": and you'd think kids would know a hundred times better about cell phones than their teachers ...
