Boston Globe columnist Joanna Weiss addressed this issue in her Nov. 28 column:
[According to a Nickelodeon survey] 82 percent of families watch TV together every week and 41 percent listen to music together. Were nearing the official end of "turn that racket down."
Researchers say the new order stems partly from the economic crisis, which has turned more families into homebodies, and partly from increased comfort with technology. ...
And gadgets have a way of bringing people together, sometimes in deliciously nonlinear ways. Nickelodeons research vice president, Jane Gould, tells of one father who plays an online video game with his son: he logs on during lunch hour to try to beat his sons score from the night before. Then when his son gets home from school, he tries to beat his fathers score from lunchtime.
Labels: technology, communication, generations
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