Latest Medialiteracy Podcast Episodes
7. Season roundup, with VoiceBox
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 31, 2024 23:00 - 33 minutesNatalie Foos, director of the youth content platform VoiceBox joins Vicki to provide some young people’s perspectives on the hot (or tricky) topics from Tech Shock's season 8. Talking points: In a year where half the world could be at the polls, how equipped are young people to avoid disinfor...
6. The secrets of search
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 18, 2024 18:00 - 34 minutesThis week Vicki talks to Emma Higham, product management lead on Google's Search Child's Safety Portfolio about some of the exciting new tools they've been working on. Talking points Every family is different so how do tech companies create safety tools that work for everyone? What is LEO and...
5. Young people and the emerging gender divide
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 04, 2024 00:00 - 31 minutesFrom incels to Andrew Tate, young people are increasingly exposed to debates around gender when online. This week, Vicki is joined by Rosie Campbell, professor of politics and director of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College London to discuss the topic of gender in the...
4. The debate surrounding screen time, with Pete Etchells
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 26, 2024 00:00 - 50 minutesThis week Vicki is joined by Pete Etchells, professor of Psychology and Science Communication at Bath Spa University to discuss the topic of screen time and some of the debate that surrounds it. Talking points: What is ‘screen time’, and how hard is it to accurately measure? Why do we tend t...
3. The ‘wicked problem’ of child financial harms
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 19, 2024 00:00 - 36 minutesOur 2023 research found that young people aged 13-18 spend over £50m online each week. But this financial autonomy could mean increased exposure to harms like scams, gambling, influencer marketing, and criminal exploitation. This week Vicki is joined by Maya Daver-Massion and Zixuan Fu, part ...
2. Katie Davis
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 12, 2024 00:00 - 40 minutesVicki talks to Dr. Katie Davis , Associate Professor at the University of Washington about what happens when technology intersects with child development and why good enough parenting really is good enough. How are online platforms designed and what sort of design leads to certain behaviours? ...
1. Has media literacy’s time finally come?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 05, 2024 00:00 - 46 minutesIn 2024, the year of many elections, governments across the world are bracing themselves for an onslaught of disinformation. Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Julian McDougall of Bournemouth University about whether media literacy is finally poised to break free of its Cinderella status. Ta...
7. Sharenting
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - November 27, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to sharenting expert Claire Bessant about the pros and cons of posting about your children online. Talking points: Are parental influencers who post about their children doing anything different from families down the centuries whose children have worked on the family ...
6. A problem hiding in plain sight?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - November 20, 2023 00:00 - 39 minutesVicki and Geraldine discuss Parent Zone’s latest research into financial harms to children online. Is this a category of harms that we’ve simply overlooked? And if so, why? We tend to think children aren’t doing much financially online, but how true is this When children get scammed online, wh...
5. The respectable face of the porn industry?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - November 13, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to clinical psychologist Elly Hanson about OnlyFans, which has done such a good marketing job that it's been popping up at child protection conferences. But should it be there? What do we really know about the streaming site that combines porn and prostitution? Talking ...
4. Money muling
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - November 06, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Tracey Carpenter of Cifas, the organisation that runs the UK fraud database, about the alarming rise in the numbers of children involved in fraud. Talking points: Why are children susceptible to being recruited as money mules? How does money muling work when childr...
3. Romancing the bot
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - October 30, 2023 00:00 - 48 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Natalie Foos, director of Voicebox, about the site’s new report on young people forming relationships with AI chatbots. Talking points: Should you feel jealous if your partner falls in love with an AI? Why were the chatbots Voicebox investigated sending unprompted ...
2. The woman behind the Online Safety Act
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - October 22, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law and a chief begetter of the Online Safety Act about how it started with a brie and cranberry sandwich and where it’s gone from there. Talking points: How far has Lorna’s central idea, developed with Will Perrin of Carnegie, sur...
1. New technologies, new worries?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - October 15, 2023 23:00 - 33 minutesIn the first episode of a new series, Vicki and Geraldine take a look at the issues that will be looming large in tech for families over the coming months. We cover the metaverse - or, as Vicki prefers to call it, online immersive experiences; we consider how much money children are spending, ma...
Ep 482 Moderating Livestreams with Cool Kicks - An Interview with 7th Grader "G"
Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts - October 10, 2023 15:45 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis is an interview with 7th grader "G," who serves as a volunteer "Livestream moderator" for the website and store "Cook Kicks," based in Los Angeles, California: https://shopcoolkicks.com/ In the interview, "G" shares the backstory of how he become a moderator for Cool Kicks, how livestreams ...
6. Sarah Drummond
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - July 02, 2023 23:00 - 58 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to the film maker and designer about how a design pattern library could bake in digital resilience to online products. Talking points: What is 'digital resilience' and is it a better way of thinking about safety than ‘online safety’? Why do designers need patterns? C...
5. Damian Collins
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - June 25, 2023 23:00 - 37 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to the MP who has been a driving force through all the stages of the Online Safety Bill. Talking points: Given that the Online Safety Bill has had cross-party support, why has it taken such a very long time to become law? The government accepted 70 recommendations by ...
4. What exactly is media literacy?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - June 18, 2023 23:00 - 33 minutesVicki and Geraldine discuss why media literacy is having a moment. When Parent Zone asked teachers to define media literacy, many couldn’t do so. What do we mean by media literacy - and what does it look like in practice? Talking points: Media literacy has been yoked to the Online Safety Bill ...
3. Jonathan Baggaley
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - June 11, 2023 23:00 - 52 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to the Chief Executive of the PSHE Association about the current backlash against relationships and sex education. Has RSE fallen victim to the culture wars? Will the government’s review change sex education? Talking points: Are parents being told enough about what the...
2. Nick Poole
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - June 04, 2023 23:00 - 45 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to the Chair of Wikimedia UK and Chief Executive of the Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals, Cilip, about media literacy, librarians, and libraries in an age of search engines and AI. Talking points: Why is media literacy having a moment, especially i...
1. Does the Online Safety Bill rely on something unworkable?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - May 28, 2023 23:00 - 37 minutesVicki and Geraldine discuss Parent Zone’s paper, Tools: A False Hope?, looking at user empowerment tools, which are often seen as a 'silver bullet' in discussions about keeping both children and adults safe online. But will they actually work? How long would it take to set up all the tools on a...
8. Season Roundup: Are people in the know giving up on the Online Safety Bill?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 26, 2023 23:00 - 50 minutesVicki and Geraldine chew over the issues raised in the latest season of podcasts, covering everything from football to affairs with Draco Malfoy. Talking points: Is establishing the principle of regulation worth flawed legislation? How flawed is the Online Safety Bill, exactly? What hope now...
7. Shift Tok: should you be worried?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 20, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Natalie Foos, Director of Voice Box, about her fascinating report on Reality Shifting, a huge phenomenon (2bn+ views for the #RealityShifting hashtag) involving young people transferring their consciousness to their ‘desired reality’. More than daydreaming or fantasis...
6. Is Chat GPT going to scupper online safety legislation before it’s even passed?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 13, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Andy Burrows, freelance tech policy consultant and expert on child safety through his work with NSPCC. They discuss whether generative AI like Chat GPT could disrupt not only how teachers mark homework, but also all the efforts we have put into keeping children safe o...
5. What’s gone wrong with the Online Safety Bill?
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - March 06, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to Ellen Judson of Demos and Kyle Taylor of Fair Vote, who say they can no longer support the Online Safety Bill. Both have been keen supporters of regulation. They talk us through what they see as various wrong turns for the Bill. Talking points: Why a separate intern...
4. Mariya Stoilova
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 27, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to the LSE academic working on the relationship between children’s digital skills and their mental health. Talking points: What we’ve got wrong about the links between being online and poor mental health. How young people are gaming the algorithms to protect themselve...
3. Seyi Akiwowo
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 20, 2023 00:00 - 42 minutesVicki and Geraldine speak to the founder of Glitch, the online charity campaigning to end hate speech online against women and girls with a particular focus on Black and minoritised communities. Talking points: When women become targets of online hate, why are they so often asked what they did...
2. Sanjay Bhandari
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 13, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutesVicki and Geraldine talk to the CEO of Kick It Out about hate speech in football, online and off. Talking points: How can racism in football both be getting better and worse? Is the problem in elite clubs or at grassroots? Given what happened over LGBT rights at the World Cup, is Fifa fit fo...
1. Lynn Perry
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone - February 06, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutesAs the Online Safety Bill returns to parliament, Vicki and Geraldine talk to the CEO of Barnardo’s, which supports many of Britain’s most vulnerable children, about how much difference it could make. Talking points: What would the world have looked like if previous policies to intervene early ...
Podcast481: CMC World Student News
Moving at the Speed of Creativity Podcasts - December 22, 2022 23:43 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis podcast features an October 2022 with middle school student CMC (his public alias) who is the creator of CMC World News (cmcworldnews.com). In this 20 minute conversation, CMC shares the origin story of CMC World News and how he came up with the idea, developed the website, and now maintain...
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