Everyone is competing for our attention these days - advertisers and marketers, social media and game developers all want us to stay, play and pay. Writes Barbara Biggins This message was brought home in last year’s powerful documentary The Social Dilemma (Netflix). Tristan Harris of the...
Playing video games can boost students’ academic results in crucial subjects, a new University of Southern Queensland study has revealed. While excessive screen time has negative impacts on school students’ reading, writing and numeracy NAPLAN test results, the study found playing video games and browsing the...
The genius of Bluey isn't just in its characters and stories of family life. The hit show's soundtrack sets the mood, plays with the narrative and draws on classical scores Liz Giuffre Bluey is easily the most successful Australian television show of the last decade. A...
Minna is fascinated by this backstage dream world and realises that she can actually influence how people think in the real world by manipulating what happens in their dreams. Whilst this starts off as a bit of fun, when Minna decides to try and change...
The legendary Elfkins (Heinzelmännchen) of Cologne were gnomes secretly helping craftsmen at night until they were ousted by a tailor's malevolent wife 200 years ago. This is the story of their return. Reviewed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) Full review see:...
Maya is off on another adventure and getting into a lot of trouble in this third Maya the Bee movie. Thrilled by the arrival of Spring, Maya takes her friend, Willy to explore the new growth and blossoms. They find themselves rescuing an ant struggling...
Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz -- and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have...
It’s just over a week until Christmas, which means in about seven-and-a-half days, not long after Christmas lunch, there’ll be a good number of people slumping into chairs and loosening their waistbands before falling into a festive food coma. The condition’s less common, scientific name is...
Just among us, writes the ACCM* this app is causing concern. Now very popular with children, the game Among Us has some risky aspects. The game is classified G in Australia, 7+ in PEGI (the European game system), 9+ in the Apple Store,10+ in the US...
Revamped, Reopened and General Admission is Free! The Australian Museum (AM) in Sydney will reopen to the public on Saturday 28 November after a 15 month $57.5m building transformation which has significantly increased public spaces and improved amenities within the historic museum complex on the corner...
