BeMobileSmart On Instagram:
Have taken a hiatus from Instagram (and Facebook). The effort put into anonymous media communications is a trade-off with the effort to be present and invest in local community. Social media also raises privacy concerns.
For the future, may return to Instagram, Facebook and other Social Media. Instagram was, at one time, my go-to source when pictures and videos transcended the print message.
At present, you can find me both on LinkedIn and Reddit.
Using Apps for Transportation Education:
https://trid.trb.org/View/2446999
A program that my colleague Maria Foster and I developed to help older adults become more familiar with their transportation options and get comfortable learning how to access them with a smartphone.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving
The CDC (Center for Disease Control/gov) site describes the three sources of distracted driving and examines distracted driving in the context of a public health problem. Distracted driving occurs because of manual distraction ( for example, reaching for the smartphone), visual distraction (for example, looking at the phone screen) and finally cognitive distraction (not paying full attention to driving).
Spotting Deep Fakes and False Information:
A MIT Media Lab primer on discerning video fakes.
https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/detect-fakes/overview
How Much Time Am I Spending on My Smartphone?
Android: https://support.google.com/android/answer/9346420?hl=en
iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208982
A Snapshot of Smartphone Growth:
Pew Research regularly tracks and polls American households to track changes in how we use our smartphones.