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NEWS ABOUT: text messaging addiction

text messaging addiction stories: 4 news summaries

 Families' Mornings 
 Start with Tech Check 

Families boot up computers, phones on waking

Aug 10, 09 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to morning routines, the modern family has a new set of priorities, many of which require a screen, the New York Times reports. “It used to be you woke up, went to the bathroom, maybe brushed your teeth, and picked up the newspaper,” says an... More »

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technology • social networking • Internet • sleep • parenting • iPhone • Facebook • BlackBerry • family • text messaging addiction • text message • laptop • texting • Twitter • women's issues • routine

Spokane School Jams
Cells During Class

District consulting with FCC on legality of jamming

Mar 9, 09 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students in Spokane, Wash. couldn't could call or text during class for 3 whole days, KHQ-TV reports. A school there recently tested a cell phone jammer to get kids focused on academics, but admitted the move may not be legal. They're checking with the FCC. "We just thought it... More »

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high school • cell phones • text messaging addiction • text message • cell phone jammers • texting • high school students

 'Bored' Teen Sends 
 15K Texts a Month 

Dad had unlimited plan, but still plans crackdown

Jan 12, 09 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - A California dad whose teenage daughter logged an astounding 14,528 text messages in one month was tickled at first, the New York Post reports. “I laughed. I thought, ‘That’s insane, that’s impossible,’” said Greg Hardesty. “And I immediately whipped out the calculator... More »

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California • cell phones • text messaging addiction • text message • telephone • teenager • phone bill

Text Messaging Steers
Teens Into Trouble

More than a quarter admit to texting while driving

Jul 18, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Text messaging is growing into a serious hazard for young people, ABC reports. A new study showed that teens are texting at rates that border on addiction—some sending thousands of messages a month. Most alarmingly, however, a full 28% of teens admitted to texting while driving, a dangerous practice... More »

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Internet • cell phones • New Jersey • mental health • LG West Coast Texting Championship • American Automobile Association • Seventeen magazine • Pew Internet and American Life Project • text messaging addiction • cybersex • The Priory Group • Washington state • texting • teenager • video games

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