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Tech Shock - from Parent Zone6. Digital resilience, wellbeing and the online worldDigital resilience involves understanding possible risks online, knowing where to get help and having the support to recover when things go wrong, and learning from experiences.But some emerging harms can begin to shift online safety discussions away from digital resilience and more towards bans, regulation and abstinence – particularly when harms are considered to severely affect wellbeing and mental health. In this episode, Vicki is joined by professor of Human Behaviour and Technology at the University of Oxford, Andy Przybylski. They discuss the relevance of digital resilience today as well as what research actually say...2024-12-1742 min
The OII Podcast (Oxford Internet Institute)Screen time: the impact of the digital world, with Professor Andy Przybylski and Dr Sakshi GhaiHow the digital world is affecting society and individuals, and concerns around tech usage, with Professor Andy Przybylski (University of Oxford) and Dr Sakshi Ghai (London School of Economics). In the inaugural episode of the OII Podcast, our experts discuss topics such as:
- The evidence behind how our wellbeing has been influenced by digital technologies
- The need to adopt a non-Western centric approach to research that incorporates the contextual nuances of those living in places like the Global South
- Whether the rise in digital technologies can help to break down some of the inequalities between the West...2024-10-1523 minThe OII Podcast (Oxford Internet Institute)Screen time: the impact of the digital world, with Professor Andy Przybylski and Dr Sakshi GhaiHow the digital world is affecting society and individuals, and concerns around tech usage, with Professor Andy Przybylski (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford) and Dr Sakshi Ghai (London School of Economics). In the inaugural episode of the OII Podcast, our experts discuss topics such as:
- The evidence behind how our wellbeing has been influenced by digital technologies
- The need to adopt a non-Western centric approach to research that incorporates the contextual nuances of those living in places like the Global South
- Whether the rise in digital technologies can help to break down some of the inequalities...2024-10-1523 min
FinTech Focus TV – Powered by Harrington StarrKeeping the Human in the AI Loop | Andrew Simpson and Rachel Przybylski at SIGMA Financial AIIn this episode of FinTech Focus TV, host Toby Babb interviews Andrew Simpson, CEO, and Rachel Przybylski, Chief Product Officer of SIGMA Financial AI. They discuss SIGMA's innovative use of real-time data analytics and AI, particularly their natural language processing technology that creates human-readable reports and identifies patterns in financial data. Rachel and Andy highlight the importance of blending strong engineering with financial expertise, fostering a collaborative startup culture, and ensuring cautious yet forward-thinking AI adoption. As SIGMA nears profitability, they reflect on the company’s growth journey, the value of maintaining a stron...2024-09-2538 min
TechdirtSocial Media & Mental HealthSocial media isn't the first phenomenon to spark a moral panic about its impact on people's (and especially young people's) mental health, and it surely won't be the last — but for now, it's the star of the show. A lot of people will gladly latch on to, and casually misrepresent, any research that might strengthen their belief in social media's harms. But that doesn't mean there are no harms: it's just that good research needs to account for the complexity of the subject and social media's myriad impacts, good and bad. One person doing such research is Professor Andy Przybylski fr...2023-08-291h 08
Recovering From ReligionE103: Remembering Sweetness: Happiness in a Time of Plague w/ Andy Thomson, M.D.Trigger warning: Images of Self Harm are in the presentation
Regular RfRx guest Dr. Andy Thomson, M.D. will summarize key findings from the psychological science research into happiness and well-being, and how it all connects to our evolutionary history. Additionally, the presentation will discuss a useful model known as the “AAA battery”: Agency, Attachment, and Altruism.
Dr Andy Thomson is a psychiatrist at University of Virginia Student Health Services. The 9/11 attacks triggered an interest in suicide terrorism, which led to the discovery of an unappreciated world of research into how and why human minds gene...2021-10-071h 25
Rationally Speaking PodcastRationally Speaking #237 - Andy Przybylski on "Is screen time bad for you?"It's common wisdom that spending a lot of time on your smartphone, or checking social media like Facebook and Twitter, takes a psychological toll. It makes us depressed, insecure, anxious, and isolated -- or so people say. But is there any research to back that up? Julia discusses the evidence with professor Andy Przybylski, director of research at the Oxford Internet Institute.2019-08-0653 min
Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the researchers themselves.Forking Paths of Kids’ Screen Time – Amy OrbenAre adolescents' technology use really related to depression, suicide and ADHD, or might it be no worse for kids than eating potatoes? In episode 47, Amy Orben from the University of Oxford discusses her explorations into how researchers' biases can influence their analysis of large datasets. Her article "The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use,” was co-authored with Andy Przybylski and published on January 14, 2019 in the journal Nature: Human Behaviour.2019-04-1637 min