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Circuits of Cool/Digital Playground found that what kids and teens do has not significantly changed in 15 years. For kids, they may be immersed in tech from the day they were born, but the things they enjoy doing most are watching TV (85%), listening to music (70%), hanging out with friends (68%), playing video games (67%) and spending time online (51%). As they grow into teens so the ranking of their favorite pastimes change. At the top of the list of 14- 24s favorite pastimes is listening to music (70%), followed by watching TV or hanging out with friends, both of which polled got 65%. Next came watching DVDs (60%), relaxing (60%), going to cinema (59%), spending time online (56%), spending time with girl or boyfriend (55%), eating (53%) and hanging out at home (49%).
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Among MTVN Kids and Family's online casual gaming properties are Neopets, Nick.com, Nickjr.com, Shockwave, Nick Arcade and many more. MTVN Kids and Family Group has an expansive footprint in gaming, through a diverse portfolio of online casual gaming, games media and editorial content, and console-based and handheld games. Shockwave and AddictingGames draw hundreds of millions of gameplays each month from audiences ranging from kids to adults.
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Unlike young people in other countries, Japanese kids and young people have few online friends. Japanese kids aged 8-14 have only one online friend they haven't met, compared to a global average of 5, while Japanese teenagers have only seven online friends they haven't met -- compared to a global average of 20. Japanese teens ... used IM and email the least out of the 16 countries surveyed.
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The two awards, the Best of the Web Award and the Safe Gaming Award, were announced today at the fifth annual WiredKids Summit in Washington, DC. Disney Online received the Best of the Web Award, nominated by kids as their favorite site. The site is designed to reflect the vision of an "online theme park," providing an interactive gateway to all of the company's many Disney-branded Internet initiatives.
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[W]hile you're there, check out the library's collection of books, magazines, DVDs and music, and enjoy your own quiet time while the kids are busy in the summer reading program. Explore KCLS online: http://www.kcls.org/.
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"These awards are especially meaningful to us at Disney Online because they represent the kids' vote," said Ken Goldstein, executive vice president and managing director of Disney Online. "We are honored to be acknowledged by WiredKids because our team is devoted to extending the magic of Disney to the online world, and providing entertainment for kids, of all ages, within a safe and secure environment."
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