Almost half of all young people surveyed said that they were already consciously trying to cut down on their use of technology, and 42 per cent of both adults and children said they had tried to cut back on the amount of time they spent on social networks.
As part of the research, 63 families around the world kept a weekly diary of their hour-by-hour use of communications technology. Many subsequently decided to make changes to their behaviour. More than a third of parents said that technology had ‘at least sometimes’ disrupted family life and 58 per cent said their family would benefit from technology-free time.
BT, which sponsored the study, warned users that families should set rules and make sure that parents knew what their children were doing online.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
One in three ‘overwhelmed by technology’ - Telegraph
via telegraph.co.uk
