Studying How Parents Mediate When Facing the Media Environment by fariba seyedan, fatemeh Angoraj Taghavi

“…Some parents, in order to develop social and cognitive skills in their children in virtual space, accompany them and guide them through joint activity and use.During a joint activity with parents, with their support and guidance, the child is able to improve his skills and gradually acquire the ability to use the media environment.Among the strategies of parents is active use with their children, in this way, parents do joint and diverse activities with the aim of increasing their child's proper use of digital technologies, for example, they play a video game together or search for attractive and entertaining sites together.In the style of active mediation, parents and children talk and discuss about virtual space and various activities such as computer games and internet usage.Some parents, by actively mediating, discussing and having a critical conversation with their children on the use of the Internet, help the children to evaluate and use these technologies as critical users or spectators.This group of people encourages the development of critical, creative, self-efficacy and openness in children.Through mediation and "active mediation", parents perform different activities with the aim of increasing the child's appropriate use of digital technologies, for example, explaining how to use them or talking about the contents of new programs or websites. …”
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Spaces, Times, Architectures. the Elements of the Constructive Phenomenon by Emilio Faroldi

“…A unitary vision and perception of time is not possible; one need only think of the different relationships entertained with it by philosophers and athletes, physicists and poets, teachers and students. …”
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Future scenarios. A cinematic perspective by François Penz

“…It is not only a hugely successful award-winning film, highly gripping and entertaining, but also a poignant exposure of Seoul’s social structures and inequalities – an excellent example of film as an agent, product and source of history (after Ferro). …”
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Challenges and guidance for implementing social distancing for COVID-19 in care homes: a mixed methods rapid review by Joanne M Fitzpatrick, Anne Marie Rafferty, Shereen Hussein, Richard Adams, Lindsay Rees, Sally Brearley, Sarah Sims, Amit Desai, Ruth Harris

“…Measures to make isolation less difficult for residents included ensuring that they were entertained purposefully with regular socially distanced visits from staff and various resources to occupy their time. …”
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