Now’s the Time to Go Screen-Free

Now’s the Time to Go Screen-Free

Tired of Zoom calls and virtual meet-ups? Just turn everything off.

By Mo Lotman | April 30, 2020 | Cognition, Community, Family, Society, Well-Being | Attention, Calm, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Community, Connection, Focus, Screen Sabbath, Screens

Podcast #32: Josh Golin on Marketing to Kids

Josh Golin, Executive Director of Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, fights a metastasizing marketing machine that has swept kids into its orbit of consumerism and surveillance.

By Mo Lotman | June 19, 2019 | Advertising, Community, Culture, Education, Ethics, Family, Law, Media, Podcasts, Privacy, Psychology | Activism, Advertising, Alexa, Amazon, Baby Einstein, Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, Children, Citizenship, Commercials, Community, Consumerism, Critical Thinking, Digital Nanny, Disney, Echo Dot for Kids, Ed-Tech, Edward Markey, Environment, Fast Food, Hello Barbie, Internet, iPads, Josh Hawley, Marketing, Mattel, Movement Building, Obesity, Pornography, Schools, Scree-Free Week, Screen Time Action Network, Screens, Smartphones, surveillance, Technology in Schools, TV, Violence, YouTube

Sleep No More

Blue light emitted by electronic screens is a significant contributor to sleep deprivation, an increasingly common problem with serious consequences. [...]

By Mike James | February 24, 2016 | Health | Alzheimer's, Blue Light, Cancer, Circadian Rhythm, Depression, Diabetes, F.lux, Heart Disease, Insomnia, Obesity, SCN, Screens, Sleep, Twilight