Friday, February 1, 2013

Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter Profiles

Shahbaz Sharif, the Chief Minister of Punjab and also known as Khadim-e-Alaa, uses over two dozen government websites to promote his personal Facebook page and Twitter profile.
These websites – that are owned by government of Punjab and not by Mr. Sharif – are vigorously and shamelessly used by the chief minister to promote a Facebook page and a Twitter profile that he uses for official, personal and political motives.
It maybe recalled that the Facebook page and Twitter Profile in question are personal properties of Mr. Shahbaz, that he will retain even after completing his service term.
Instead of encouraging all these provincial government departments to have their own social media profiles, so that users may follow their updates and they may retain accounts even after the government is over, Mr. Sharif opted to promote his own profiles as if these government websites are his personal perperties.
These government websites range from Punjab Police to Punjab Pension Funds, Daanish Schools to Health Department. Almost every such website has a link to Shahbaz Sharif’s Facebook page and Twitter Profile, encouraging users to become his follower on social networking websites.
When we last checked Shahbaz Sharif had 343,349 fans on Facebook and close to 75,000 followers on Twitter.
It merits mentioning here that there might be more Government Websites used for the same purpose but we could find only 20 such websites – screen of which are attached below:
Punjab Online College thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter ProfilesPunjab Abdusdusman thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter Profiles
Punjab Directorate of Provincial Consumers thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter ProfilesPunjab Social Education thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter Profiles
Punjab Daanish Schools thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter ProfilesPunjab Pension Fund thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter Profiles
Punjab Police Shahbaz Sharif thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter ProfilesPunjab Schools thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter Profiles
Pujab Youth thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter ProfilesPunjab Health thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter Profiles
Punjab Model Villages thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter ProfilesPunjab Health Foundation thumb Shahbaz Sharif Uses Dozens of Government Websites to Promote His Facebook and Twitter Profiles

Video Games Help Children Develop Cognitive Skills than Watching TV

video games and childrenAccording to a new study by the researchers in the Games Research and Interaction Design Lab at Queensland University of Technology it is better for parents to allow their young children to play video games as compared to letting them watch television. The researchers checked the effects of both games and television shows on children of very young ages from 2 to 5 years old. In their study, they categorized these two media into different categories of passive and active. Active content stimulated children both physically and mentally, whereas passive content did not engage them.
Since while playing video games, users are both active physically and mentally, it stimulates them more than a television show does, which can only make us feel things emotionally, rather than compel us physically or mentally. Television sure is a good means to provide information, but as far as stimulation of the mind is concerned, it does not engage us to think or plan.
Whereas, video games fulfill these things, although there are reports by many researchers that even video games having negative content creates negative emotions and tends to effect human mind negatively, but allowing children to play games like Angry Birds will engage them positively without making them hate or be bias against others.
Video games are very helpful for young children in developing their cognitive skills and thus positively impact their academic and comprehension skills. Researchers have also found that it makes them emotionally better too as their self-esteem improves. Besides, with the kind of way the world events are happening, it is rather advisable that little children be prevented from watching too much television and their time could be well spent on video games.