{"id":8766,"date":"2018-06-08T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=8766"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:05:54","slug":"cellphones-at-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/08\/cellphones-at-summer-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of cellphones at summer camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8770\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8770\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8770\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-e1529004705452.jpg\" alt=\"night scene in forest with tent and campfire\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-8770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(MHealth Lab)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/labblog.uofmhealth.org\/rounds\/cellphones-at-summer-camp-research-explores-effects?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=Cellular%20summer&amp;utm_campaign=20180601%20Weekly%20Digest\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent studies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have shown that the use of cellphones has been beneficial and detrimental to summer camps for both the campers and the staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;As a society, we spend a tremendous amount of time on screens and with digital media, but we don\u2019t understand the full impact that it is having on children,&#8221; states lead author <strong>Ashley DeHudy<\/strong>, M.D., a pediatrician at C.S. Mott Children\u2019s Hospital. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While staff members are able to communicate between each other more easily, using their phones for other purposes distract them from their roles as a counselor. With camper use of cellphones, parents are reassured of their child\u2019s safety and the children&nbsp;<\/span>are also able to take pictures and videos to keep memories of their experiences. However,&nbsp; their phones could be distracting them from being completely involved in camp activities and from cultivating their social development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent studies have shown that the use of cellphones has been beneficial and detrimental to summer camps for both the campers and the staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;As a society, we spend a tremendous amount of time on screens and with digital media, but we don\u2019t understand the full impact that it is having on children,&#8221; states lead author Ashley DeHudy, M.D.,\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/08\/cellphones-at-summer-camp\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":8770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[289,217,194],"class_list":["post-8766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-children","tag-culture","tag-phone"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-e1529004705452.jpg",600,337,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-125x70.jpg",125,70,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-768x432.jpg",665,374,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-700x394.jpg",600,338,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-e1529004705452.jpg",600,337,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-e1529004705452.jpg",600,337,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-665x374.jpg",665,374,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Michigan-med-pas-camp-01-e1529004705452.jpg",400,225,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Samantha DeRosia, ITS Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/srderosi\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Recent studies have shown that the use of cellphones has been beneficial and detrimental to summer camps for both the campers and the staff.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;As a society, we spend a tremendous amount of time on screens and with digital media, but we don\u2019t understand the full impact that it is having on children,&#8221; 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