Further Useful References

General

• Rich Ling, "The Mobile Telephone and Teens" in The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on Society. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.
• Drum magazine article on child safety and cellphone
• The mobileYouth website provides insights into youth mobile behaviour and consumption habits.
• Keep your kids safe. Take a look at Cellphone Safety.

Anxiety and Cellphones

• South African Depression and Anxiety Group link to a news article on Anxiety and Cellphones.

Cellphone Addiction

• Article on UK children becoming addicted to services used on mobile phones.
• Article on Spanish teenagers who are addicted to their cellphones.

Cellphones at School

• Article on the need to ban cellphones from classrooms by creating "cellphone lockers" at schools.

Cyberbullying

• STOP Cyberbullying website, a WiredSafety project, provides information about online and mobile cyberbullying within the USA context, offering tips to parents, educators and law enforcement.
• Article indicating that cyberbullying is a reality for teenagers.
• Article on children in court for defamation due to cyberbullying.

Mobile Chat Rooms

• The Seven Habits of Effective Mxit Parents is a guide on Mxit and chat room etiquette.
• Article on sex danger in chatrooms.
• Article on how police stung chat room “sex message dad”.
• Article on MXit sex predator caught in sting.
• Article on kidnap alert after teenage girl goes missing.
• Article where father wants Mxit banned.