Mobile Phones
The targeting of young children as the next growth market for the telecom industry is one of the worst ideas to appear in the American economy in a long time. Does anyone really believe that kids today lack sufficient distractions from their school work, that there are insufficient disruptions in the home, and that child predators and advertisers lack sufficient means of access to kids?
What will be the effects of the marketing of mobile phones on children's privacy, education, health and safety?
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News Releases
Children's Advocates Ask Congress to Investigate Marketing of Mobile Phones to Kids
Gary Ruskin | July 26th, 2005
Articles
Raffi Asks Rogers Not to Market Mobile Phones to Children
Gary Ruskin | August 30th, 2005
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Mobile Phones and Health
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Disney Teams With Sprint to Offer National Wireless Service for Families
Walt Disney Internet Group | July 6, 2005 |
Mobile Phone Use and the Risk of Acoustic Neuroma
Stefan Lonn et al. | Epidemiology | November, 2004 |