MOBILE SOCIAL WORK
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Category Archives: Texting
Smoking Cessation Support By Phone: What Information Do Smokers Want?
There are different approaches to support smokers that want to quit smoking. In the mobile area there are on the one hand services based on texting like for example Smokefree … Continue reading
Safe, Secure and Responsible Online – OnGuardOnline Offers Resources [INFOGRAPHIC][VIDEO]
OnGuardOnline.gov is the US federal government’s website to help educators, parents, techies, small business, military, and kids be safe, secure and responsible online. Therefore OnGuardOnline offers a wide range of resources … Continue reading
Study: Texting And Driving Kills More Teens Annually Than Drinking And Driving « CBS New York [VIDEO]
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Texting while driving has now surpassed drinking and driving as the leading cause of death among teens, according to a new study. More than 3,000 teens … Continue reading
Mobile Messages To Empower Mothers – MAMA – The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action [VIDEO][INFOGRAPHIC]
As it is Mother’s Day today it could be a good idea to have a look at the link between mobiles, mothers and social issues. In June 2012 we already … Continue reading
How Are Mobile Phones Changing Social Media? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Flowtown – Social Media Marketing Application
Protect Your Family With Family Guard – An App To Monitor Who Is Calling Or Texting Your Children [VIDEO]
Privus Mobile developed the app Family Guard that enables mobile users to keep an eye on who is calling their children or other loved ones. With Family Guard, not only … Continue reading
23 Facts About Kids And Technology You Might Not Know
The Huffington Post, the first commercially run, United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize, recently published a post on a study about kids‘ use of social media … Continue reading
How Social Workers can fight Cyberbullying
Rena Malai, member of the news staff of the American National Association of Social Workers (NASW), shared her thoughts about on- and offline bullying. Here are the statements I find … Continue reading
txtm8 – Using Text Services to Provide Advice and Information to Young People [VIDEO]
How can mobiles be used to provide advice and information to young people? Txtm8 – a free and confidential sex and relationships text service for young people in London, United … Continue reading
