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: collaboration tools, Collaborative Technologies, Communications Software, Document Sharing, E-mail and Messaging, facebook, flickr, google docs, instant messaging, Interaction and Engagement, Skype, Social Computing, twitter

"The study, conducted by Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, and Harrison Group, a leading marketing and strategic research consulting firm, found that from age 6 - 17, the time kids spend reading books for fun declines while the time kids spend going online for fun and using a cell phone to text or talk increases. Parents express concern that the use of electronic and digital devices negatively affects the time kids spend reading books (41%), doing physical activities (40%), and engaging with family (33%)."