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Research and interviews with the top experts around the world on youth and new media appear on janemitchinson.ca, along with excerpts from Jane's documentaries on the subject area. Appearing on the site are David Buckingham, Danah Boyd, Linda Stone, Neil Andersen, Dr. David Meyer, and Dr. Tracey Alloway.

There's a link on my webpage to some excerpts from the documentary I produced recently on teens and texting, called "Conditioned to be On Call".

It seems as though teens are becoming conditioned to be "on call" through texting with cell phones. Some youth say they feel social pressure to answer each other's text messages regardless of the time of day, and that's causing problems at home and at school. Teachers are concerned about the impact of interruptions on learning, and school administrators are responding with policies on cell phone-use in schools. But how can the education system guide teens through confronting compulsion if students are conditioned to be "on-call"? Can kids find the self-control to plan time with their cell phones efficiently?