Media consumption

3 min

When do we start talking about smartphone addiction?

These and five other questions are answered in the chapter "Health and media" in the dossier "100 questions - 100 answers on the topic of media".

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2 min

What are the benefits of banning mobile phones at school?

These and three other questions are answered in the chapter "School and media" in the dossier "100 questions - 100 answers on the subject of media".

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3 min

Media education: Our topic in May

How do children learn to use digital devices in a healthy way? The 100 most important questions and answers on media education.

Columns

8 min

100 questions - 100 answers on the subject of media

At what age should my child get their own mobile phone? How much media time is too much? This dossier provides answers to these and 98 other questions.

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3 min

Which medium is popular with children and young people?

These and six other questions are answered in the "Devices and media" chapter of the dossier "100 questions - 100 answers on the subject of media".

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4 min

Which media should I make accessible to my child?

These and ten other questions are answered in the chapter "Education and media" in the dossier "100 questions - 100 answers on the subject of media".

Columns

2 min

The 5 best explanatory videos for more digital security

You can find good explanatory videos for parents, children and teachers on these five YouTube channels.

Media

2 min

Why media literacy is more important than ever

A study shows how the use of digital media by young people has developed over the last ten years.

Columns

6 min

Does society influence the Internet or vice versa?

Unfortunately, the web often brings out the bad side of people. Parents should be role models here - because children and young people need a moral compass.

Columns

5 min

How dangerous is the internet really?

When it comes to children, we too often only see the negative side of digital media. We are not doing them any favours.

Media

6 min

«Your own mobile phone? At twelve at the earliest»

Children are squandering their potential because they consume digital media too often, says Austrian educationalist and sports psychologist Fritz Weilharter in an interview.

Columns

3 min

Our children need «meh Dräck» - and more confidence

Essentials are missing in the digitalised world. Nevertheless, the next generation will find itself in it, writes our columnist Michèle Binswanger.

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5 min

Loved, hated smartphone

Fixed rules for using smartphones are initially perceived as a restriction. However, they can also provide relief, allow new freedoms and liberate from peer pressure.

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6 min

Troublemakers on the net

Trolls on the internet make life difficult for children and young people and harm society. What's behind the hate speech. And how to deal with it.

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2 min

Education topics on Google: What are the top hits in 2021?

Once a year, Google Switzerland publishes the most searched terms on Google compared to the previous year. Especially for us, Google Switzerland has drawn up a few special top ten lists relating to children and education ...

Columns

5 min

Enough with just fitting!

Create instead of consume: With these creative apps, children and young people learn to use the smartphone as a tool.

Media

2 min

Different families, different mobile phone rules

In Chindsgi, children get to know other children and parents get to know other parents. This often leads to discussions about media rules.

Development

6 min

«A pathological internet consumption could break out»

What impact will the pandemic have on addictive behaviour among young people? Dr Kurosch Yazdi dares to predict what could happen after the pandemic.

Media

1 min

The everyday media life of children

"Parents and teachers can do a lot to help children develop media skills," says Daniel Süss.

Columns

5 min

Children need trust, not a digital dog leash

Education is far too important to be left to technical devices. Controlling your child digitally is therefore not a good idea.

Development

3 min

A child should be given a smartphone from Year 1. Is that right?

The myths of parenting. The Elternsein Foundation, publisher of the Swiss parenting magazine Fritz+Fränzi, gets to the bottom of 15 parenting myths.

Media

5 min

Digital media: «Separating fun and learning is difficult»

How do parents reduce their children's screen time after coronavirus?

Columns

5 min

«Send me a photo. Gladly in a bikini!»

The internet offers paedophiles ideal conditions to search for victims unobserved. How cybergrooming works and what parents can do.

Media

4 min

We say: «I realise for myself when enough is enough»

Markus and Jasmin from Lucerne rely on trust instead of filters and strict rules when it comes to their daughter's media use. The three of them tell us whether it works.

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