Instagram users’ patterns of behaviour related to receiving additional followers and likes are similar to general behaviour patterns related to receiving additional money and food, according to research carried out by DIGYMATEX research partner.
DIGYMATEX to present a model of technology usage by children in the European Conference on Information Systems
An article on technology usage by children and digital maturity will be presented by the EU-funded DIGYMATEX Project at the 30th European Conference on Information Systems – ECIS 2022.
The adverse effects of digital use on Generation Z-ers presented at H2020 Cross Project Meeting
Over 70 colleagues from four EU-funded H2020 project came together to a Cross Project Meeting in Oslo to present their findings on the different aspects of children’s’ digital lives.
DIGYMATEX poster on the role of social inequalities and digital technology use in teenagers’ well-being receives recognition
A poster prepared by the DIGYMATEX Project partners Melissa Bohnert and Pablo Gracia from Trinity College Dublin, received special recognition as one of five finalists for the RC28 Conference on Social Stratification and Mobility.
DIGYMATEX partners present recommendations at CO:RE Policy Webinar
DIGYMATEX researchers, Arnd Florack, of the University of Vienna and Pablo Gracia of Trinity College Dublin, presented policy recommendations to protect children from manipulative content or algorithms used online.
DIGYMATEX focus groups of kids and teens point the project in new directions
DIGYMATEX Project recently carried out five focus group sessions in order to shape the design of digital maturity questionnaires that will be a key tool in the next phase of the project.
Constant engagement with devices can impact a child’s brain structure and behavior
DIGYMATEX special webinar hosted three world-renowned specialists in child and adolescent development, to discuss the impact of digital devices on maturity in children and adolescents.
Reformulating children psychosocial maturity to cater a digitalised society
Together with the partners from the DIGYMATEX consortium researchers from the University of Vienna, provide a psychological view on the use of digital technology by kids.
DIGYMATEX researchers link smartphone use and impulsive behaviour
Researchers with the DIGYMATEX project at the Freie Universität Berlin, Tim Schulz van Endert and Peter N. C. Mohr, found a positive relationship between hours of smartphone use and impulsive decision making, through an experiment focusing on delayed gratification.