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Online Apps Launched to Transform Careers Advice for Students

Online Apps Launched to Transform Careers Advice for Students

We’ve highlighted below some of the most recent developments and occurrences in youth-related news and events. This time we speak about new apps which will help students to make better choices about unviersity degrees, growing addiction to instant gratification among youth, and two students who scammed Apple for almost 1 million USD.

The Internet: the Unspoken Rules of Our Everyday Lives

How did the Internet appear in our lives,and what role does it play in our lives at the moment? How much does it help? Does it enslave? Hurt? Make us grow? Or do we already cease to notice that we have handed over the reins of technology,and that we control our situation poorly? Nina Johnson was looking for answers to these and other questions together with Michal Kučerák, curator of the Datamaze exhibition in Prague's DOX gallery.

How To Secure Your Home Before Leaving For Holidays

Safety first. The best way to secure your home is to invite a friend or a professional house sitter to stay at your place while leaving on vacation. Since most of us may not have this luxury it is prudent to take some precautions.

Selfies As A Mental Disorder

The word itself is amusing and over the last few years has found its way into the Oxford dictionary. A Selfie is defined as “ A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media.”

Prescription Pills: One in Five Youth Deaths Linked to Opiods

Prescription Pills: One in Five Youth Deaths Linked to Opiods

Here Youth Time Magazine publishes three of the most interesting and informative youth related news items of the past week. Our weekly news roundup is published every Monday and Friday and contains just some of the most important developments in the world of global youth. Follow, like and submit comments on Facebook and other Youth Time media.

 

Is Music Therapy about Health or Wellness?

The advanced state of the pharmaceutical industry has led to the fact that we can find drugs on the market today that can eliminate most disorders. Precisely because we are accustomed to eliminating all our discomforts by swallowing tablets, in recent years the number of drug addicts has grown enormously. In order to prevent this scenario, alternative methods of treatment are increasingly popular, of which music therapy is particularly important.

Interpersonal Conflicts as the Way of Caring Demonstration

Interpersonal Conflicts as the Way of Caring Demonstration

If you have read any of my previous articles, then you may already have an understanding of the term “conflict”: what it is exactly, how to distinguish interests and positions, and even how to behave in many different situations. But, I’m afraid, there’s still one important question: why? Why do we often have disagreements with people we love, appreciate, or respect? That’s exactly what I’m going to answer now.

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Sex on the Brain: Blackmail Fears as Study Shows Sexting Plays Big Role in...

Here Youth Time Magazine publishes three of the most interesting and informative youth related news items of the past week. Our weekly news roundup is published every Monday and Friday and contains just some of the most important developments in the world of global youth. Follow, like and submit comments on Facebook and other Youth Time media.

Dashed Dreams: European Millennials Expect a Worse Life than Their Parents, Survey Shows

Here Youth Time Magazine publishes three of the most interesting and informative youth related news items of the past week. Our weekly news roundup is published every Monday and Friday and contains just some of the most important developments in the world of global youth. Follow, like and submit comments on Facebook and other Youth Time media.

Mental Health: What Effects Can the Internet Have?

Mental Health: What Effects Can the Internet Have?

Today, the Internet is the foundation of every communication, learning process, or business. Every other inhabitant of the planet is an active internet user. Since its appearance in the second half of the twentieth century, this virtuous medium has brought many positive – but also many negative – effects. Do you feel nervous when there is no Internet available so you cannot access Instagram or send an email or watch a favorite movie or series? If you have an affirmative answer to this question, believe it or not you have some of the symptoms of Internet addiction.

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See What The Successful Ones Have To Advise

To do something great and succeed in any area is not an easy task. Be it starting a new business, working in an exciting field or making a breakthrough in medicine or science. Helpful words of advice from the succesful ones are always welcome. Here´s what they have to say.

Spend Less Time on Your Phone Might Be Easier Than You Think

According to Nielsen and ComScore research, four hours per day is the time that average American adult spend scrolling through his phone. Depression, anxiety, loss of productivity, and many other consequences, conditions, and traits are now linked by the scientific community to the time we spend on the internet, particularly social media. Rehman Ata, scientist and the founder of GoGray.Today was shocked when he started to measure the time he spends on his phone daily. He found himself using the phone five hours per day on average, mostly Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook. He knew he needed to change something and came up with very simple method how to reduce his phone usage. We have an interview with him and ask him about his thoughts on various related subjects.

Saving Time or Convenience – The New Vocabulary Of The Millennials

Millennials have been linked to many strange attributes.  In addition to technology addiction, there is also a preoccupation with convenience. And that might be one of the themes of the peculiarities that permeate Millenial vocabulary. As shown by the following examples, shortening has surely become The Thing for the era following the turn of the millenium.

Are Painkillers Being Abused? – Interview With The Professor Peter M. Grace

Pain killers can actually escalate the problem. We have the opportunity to interview the renowned Professor Peter M. Grace of the department of Critical Care and Respiratory Care Research, University of Texas who in his studies has found that use of opioids may be contributing towards intensifying the problem of pain and making it chronic.

Defying Gravity – The Works Of Cornelia Konrads

German artist Cornelia Konrads has exhibited her work in many countries apart from Germany. Her works are unexampled, specific to  the locales she chooses, and possessed of a unique vibe which gives viewers the impression that they are suspended in the air. We are fortunate to have obtained an interview with her given her extremely busy schedule.

Dangers of Social Networking: What Reaserch Says about Youth and Social Media

On July 10, 2017 a young teenaged girl reportedly died after being electrocuted in a bathtub by her cell phone. She was either plugging the device or it was already plugged in when it fell into the water in the bathtub at her father’s home in New Mexico. Such has become the addiction to social networking that especially the young lose sleep, eat indifferently, compromise on their studies with a cascading effect on their careers, have little interaction with the family and very little actual social life; while being influenced by the unknowns they meet on the net.

Weekend Picks: Five Must-Read Classics

To understand literature and fundamental notions of human nature, one must read the classics. Not two, and not just five, but at least thirty classic novels. And then one must start reading contemporary authors. Creating the list below wasn't easy, but it surely highlights important universal works which every reader should peruse.

Social Media And The Young: A Match Made In Heaven Or Hell?

We have all faced being judged as well as judging others for being social media addicts. The trend of keeping your eyes on the screen emerged a few years back, and it is here to stay. Since smart phones have become widespread, the controversy about their effect on children and youth has become intense. With adults constantly nagging about the negative effects of the increased use of technology, especially social media, one must wander: are they right? Should children and young people be using social media at all, and is there a positive side of the new lifestyle that has become global since the digital era started?

Fifteen Rules: How To Become An Amsterdammer

I can be quite a biased person when it comes to cities built on the water or in immediate proximity to it. I love water and everything it is associated with; however, it is one thing to come somewhere just for a couple of days as a tourist, but an entirely different thing to actually stay there for a long period of time and try to blend in. Amsterdam is a multi-faced and multicultural city that also dictates its own rules.

The Holy Trinity Of The Modern Era: Food, Shopping, & Popularity

People consider indulging in food, excessive shopping, and the pursuit of popularity as new addictions brought about by globalization and the digital era. However, seeing these trends solely as addictions may hinder our understanding of the elements of this trio fantastico, since they have grown into cultural phenomena. They have a large impact on every modern individual’s life, but nonetheless their influence can be controlled if we treat these elements as separate cultures. Cultural norms are willingly adopted, whether they are habits, or just a way of dressing. It is a palette of behaviors that build up an identity, which further governs the way of life.

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It’s needless to emphasise the role of social media in modern times. We are all aware of its importance for our lives, daily routines and even our choices and behaviors. Given this importance, no wonder people are trying to get a career out of social media knowledge. But what is it that you need in order to succeed?