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The International Schools Podcast147 - A conversation with Tim Evans and Heather Barnard on Home School Digital AdoptionJoin us for a conversation with Heather and Tim as we explore the intersection of digital skills and technology use at home and school, and how this dynamic impacts parents, educators, and students. With varying levels of comfort with technology, both parents and teachers face the challenge of adapting to constant updates and the growing influence of AI. How can schools support teachers at all stages of digital readiness to create purposeful learning experiences? And how can families and schools collaborate to turn these challenges into opportunities for growth? Heather and Tim share insights from their work in an...2025-01-181h 01
The ChatterboxWhat’s the problem with Google Classroom? Podcast: Education Technology SocietyEpisode: What’s the problem with Google Classroom?Pub date: 2024-09-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWe talk with Sonia Livingstone (Digital Futures for Children, LSE) about the ways in which EdTech and data protection policies often fail to protect children’s rights at school. In particular we look at Google Classroom as an example of how policymakers, regulators and governments need to intervene more forcibly in the EdTech marketplace. Accompanying reference >>> Livingstone, S., Potho...2024-09-1818 min
Education Technology SocietyWhat’s the problem with Google Classroom?We talk with Sonia Livingstone (Digital Futures for Children, LSE) about the ways in which EdTech and data protection policies often fail to protect children’s rights at school. In particular we look at Google Classroom as an example of how policymakers, regulators and governments need to intervene more forcibly in the EdTech marketplace. Accompanying reference >>> Livingstone, S., Pothong, K., Atabey, A., Hooper, L., & Day, E. (2024). The Googlization of the classroom: Is the UK in protecting children's data and rights? Computers and Education Open, 100195.2024-09-1318 min
The Human Centered Design Podcast (Premium)'Playful by Design'Fast-track your career with our 12-week training programme: https://www.thisishcd.com/coaching-mentoring-for-innovators-change-makersIn this episode, we welcome Professor Sonia Livingstone with Kruakae Pothong from the London School of Economics, also involved in Playful By Design. The discussion focuses on childhood development and incorporating design into children's lives.Kruakae, originally from Thailand and with a background in journalism, highlights her shift to research at the intersection of policies, technologies, and society.Sonia, a social psychologist, shares her journey of exploring how children engage with the digital world and her involvement with the Five R...2023-11-2757 min
Home to HerExploring PaGaian Cosmology with Glenys LivingstoneOn the latest episode I'm joined by Glenys Livingstone, a pioneering researcher and thought leader who's been walking the Goddess path since 1979. Glenys is the author of "PaGaian Cosmology: Re-inventing Earth-based Goddess Religion, which fuses the indigenous traditions of Old Europe with scientific theory, feminism, and a poetic relationship with place." This book was an outcome of her doctoral work in Social Ecology. Her newest book is "A Poiesis of the Creative Cosmos: Celebrating Her within PaGaian Sacred Ceremony," which synthesizes much of her work over the years.On today's episode we discuss:* Glenys' spiritual...2023-05-051h 07
How do you like it so far?Parenting and media technology with Sonia Livingstone & Lynn Schofield ClarkA lot of parents nowadays are concerned about their children spending too much time on screens. We begin by discussing how screen time is inevitable in this post-pandemic era and that screen time itself might not be the problem. Lynn shares her own parenting experiences to state that parents also can use screen time and technology to build a good children-parent relationship and bond the family together. We then discuss the relationship between screen time and young people’s mental health, pointing out that the problem lies somewhere else instead of timing itself and we should consider other contexts li...2022-10-181h 11
Architects of Communication ScholarshipArchitects of Communication Scholarship - Sonia Livingstone, Children and Digital MediaIn this episode of Architects of Communication scholarship, researcher Tijana Milosevic interviews Professor Sonia Livingstone, a professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Professor Livingstone talks about her career studying the media, her mentors and what a day in the life of a scholar looks like. She also discusses Professor Livingstone’s journey as a leading scholar in her field. Click here for the episode transcript FeaturingEllen WartellaTijana MilosevicSonia LivingstoneSponsors...2022-08-3020 min
Digital FamiliesScreentime And Tracking Apps Ep 47Excessive Screentime After Lockdown?
Parental Control Tracking - Building Trust and Encouraging Free Play
In this weeks "Digital Families" Podcast I speak with Sonia Livingstone a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, who is also the co-Author with Alicia Blum-Ross of the recently released book based on her research "Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears About Technology Shape Children’s Lives". about parental controls, screentime vs free play and tracking.
Recently there has been quite a bit of discussion about parental controls and apps that can tra...2022-05-1228 min
Out Of The Blank#1098 - Sonia LivingstoneSonia Livingstone is a professor of Social Psychology and former head of the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sonia has published 20 books on media audiences, especially children and young people’s risks and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment, including The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age and her new book is Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children's lives.--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/out-of-the-blank-podcast/support2022-05-091h 07
Dr Kathy Weston's Get a Grip! Parenting PodcastResearchers of the Month: Dr Miriam Rahali and Professor Sonia Livingstone Discuss #SponsoredAds and the Impact of Influencers on ChildrenOur Researchers of the Month, Dr Miriam Rahali and Professor Sonia Livingstone, talk to Dr Weston about their recent report, which examines the impact of influencer culture and embedded marketing on children. Given that 95% of YouTube videos aimed at children aged 8 and under contain advertising, and that 97% of 5-15 year olds use video-sharing platforms (with 57% spending 2.5 hours per day watching), they address the non-traditional marketing opportunities open to influencers and the impact they can have, before turning to recommendations and advice. 2022-03-1330 min
Joan Ganz Cooney Center: Into the Digital FutureSonia Livingstone: Finding Balance in the Digital FutureWhat are Child Rights in our digital world? Sonia Livingstone is working to ensure a balanced approach to design and policy to allow kids to make the most of opportunities afforded by technology while protecting them. Balance might mean weighing the risks of being online with opportunities for learning, or finding approaches to parenting that let the family strike a balance with digital spaces and face-to-face experiences.2021-12-0731 min
Untangling the WebChildren and the Digital Future with Sonia LivingstoneOur guest for this episode is Sonia Livingstone, a professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sonia’s research focuses on children and young people’s media literacy and rights in the digital environment. She recently co-authored (with Alicia Blum-Ross) the book Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children’s lives, published by Oxford U Press.In this episode, Sonia suggests we examine children’s media use in more expansive ways, thinking beyond how much time children spend online and also considering how exactly they’re engagin...2021-11-1220 min
New Books in PsychologyS. Livingstone and A. Blum-Ross, "Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives" (Oxford UP, 2020)In this interview, I talked with Professor Sonia Livingstone about her book Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children’s Lives (Oxford UP, 2020). The book is co-authored with Alicia Blum-Ross who is the Public Policy Lead for Kids & Families at Google. Professor Livingstone is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research examines how the changing conditions of mediation are reshaping everyday practices and possibilities for action. She has published 20 books on media audiences, specifically focusing on children and young people’s risk...2021-06-0349 min
New Books in TechnologyS. Livingstone and A. Blum-Ross, "Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives" (Oxford UP, 2020)In this interview, I talked with Professor Sonia Livingstone about her book Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children’s Lives (Oxford UP, 2020). The book is co-authored with Alicia Blum-Ross who is the Public Policy Lead for Kids & Families at Google. Professor Livingstone is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research examines how the changing conditions of mediation are reshaping everyday practices and possibilities for action. She has published 20 books on media audiences, specifically focusing on children and young people’s risk...2021-06-0349 min
New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyS. Livingstone and A. Blum-Ross, "Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives" (Oxford UP, 2020)In this interview, I talked with Professor Sonia Livingstone about her book Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children’s Lives (Oxford UP, 2020). The book is co-authored with Alicia Blum-Ross who is the Public Policy Lead for Kids & Families at Google. Professor Livingstone is a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research examines how the changing conditions of mediation are reshaping everyday practices and possibilities for action. She has published 20 books on media audiences, specifically focusing on children and young people’s risks...2021-06-0349 min
Shaping the Post-COVID WorldChildren and the Digital EnvironmentContributor(s): Dr Taina Bucher, Professor Christine Hine, Dr Jean-Christophe Plantin, Dr Bieke Zaman | Technologies are spreading into all aspects of our lives via smart devices, internet of things, augmented reality, and data profiling. Children’s lives have become digital by default and technology is the taken-for-granted means of playing, seeing family, doing schoolwork, hanging out with friends in a post-COVID world. The distinction between the offline and online no longer offers a meaningful way of conceptualising the infrastructure of life but what can we replace it with? Where does the digital begin and end, what does it incorporate? What ar...2021-05-071h 27
The Sue Atkins Parenting ShowWhat Is A Mentor?Quick and Easy Bedwetting Solutions How The Down Syndrome Diary Is Helping Struggling Parents. Plus Sue Atkins in Conversation with Sonia Livingstone - Author of ‘Parenting for a Digital Future – How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children’s Lives.’2021-04-2737 min
The Sue Atkins Parenting Show Podcast SeriesWhat Is A Mentor? Quick and Easy Bedwetting Solutions How The Down Syndrome Diary Is Helping Struggling Parents. Plus Sue Atkins in Conversation with Sonia Livingstone - Author of ‘Parenting for a Digital Future – How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children’s Lives.’2021-04-2737 min
Digital Mindfulness#114 Unpacking the Impact of Tech on Kids with Professor Sonia LivingstoneProfessor Sonia Livingstone shares her insights on the decades of research that analyses the impact of technology on children. In this episode, Sonia debunks some widely held beliefs and brings us up to date with the most current thinking.2021-04-0534 min
Audio Signals PodcastBook | Parenting For A Digital Future. How Hopes And Fears About Technology Shape Children's Lives | An Audio Signals Conversation With Sonia LivingstoneWho hasn't heard grandparents say something like: back in my days, life was simpler, better, safer. That's probably—kinda—true. But as time goes by, looking back, even one generation has to take into consideration the technology variable.It is all another story—this one, to be exact.In this Audio Signals episode, we talk with Sonia Livingstone, a professor in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Sonia has published 20 books on media audiences, especially children and young people's risks and opportunities, media literacy, and rights in the...2021-03-2240 min
DeuzevlogA Conversation with Sonia Livingstone on the Mediation of EverythingThis is the podcast version of my conversation, recorded in the morning of Friday March 19 (video available on YouTube, search for #deuzevlog), with Sonia Livingstone, professor of Social Psychology and former head of the Department of Media and Communications of the LSE.We discuss her work toward the adoption of General Comment No.25 by the United Nations, which sets out how the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies in the digital environment, her consistent focus on what changes in society, culture and the media mean for people who are simply trying to 'make it...2021-03-1950 min
LSE PodcastsDigital by Default: the COVID-19 generationAlmost overnight, following lockdown, children’s lives became digital by default. We critically reflect on how children’s experiences, needs and rights are being, and could be better, served in a digital world.
COVID-19 transformed society’s reliance on digital technologies as the infrastructure for work, family, education, health and more. Supposedly the digital natives are ahead of their parents and other adults in being media-savvy. In practice, children face unique challenges.
Social science has identified a range of adverse consequences, including digital exclusion, edtech inequalities, child sexual abuse and unmet mental health needs - notwithstanding that many educational and welfar...2021-03-051h 02Shaping the Post-COVID WorldDigital by Default: the COVID-19 generationContributor(s): Patricio Cuevas-Parra, Laurie Day, Maya Göetz, Konstantinos Papachristou | Almost overnight, following lockdown, children’s lives became digital by default. We critically reflect on how children’s experiences, needs and rights are being, and could be better, served in a digital world.
COVID-19 transformed society’s reliance on digital technologies as the infrastructure for work, family, education, health and more. Supposedly the digital natives are ahead of their parents and other adults in being media-savvy. In practice, children face unique challenges.
Social science has identified a range of adverse consequences, including digital exclusion, edtech inequalities, child sexual abuse and unm...2021-03-031h 02
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Mediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil AndersenThe Reality of Parenting for a Digital Future- Grounding Sonia Livingstone’s WorkNeil and Carol ask a thoughtful parent about the struggle to raise future digital citizens. How do we manage the balance between screentime and other experiences such as exploring and appreciating nature?2021-02-0335 minMediacy with Carol Arcus & Neil AndersenParenting for a Digital FutureChildren & Screens?! What’s a parent to do? Wouldn’t it be great to have reliable, informed advice? Listen in as Neil and Carol chat with Sonia Livingstone, world expert on how families negotiate digital environments & how they can make effective choices.2021-01-1942 min
ReThink PodcastHow does Digital Media Affect our Children? with Dr Velislava HillmanThe internet and social media are a hallmark of modern society. A plethora of tools exists to help us consume, create, edit and curate the swathes of data available at our fingertips. But how has this renaissance of information affected younger generations? Are children more adept at navigating cyberspace? Or are we the ones who need to reTHINK cyberculture?
We discuss with Dr Velislava Hillman who, throughout her research, she has reinforced the need to voice children’s and young people’s perspectives and experiences.
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Digital Families"Parenting For A Digital Future" with Researcher Sonia Livingstone Ep31Many parents are really struggling to help and supervise their children's online world and learning. Why are parents being blamed and marginalised for "Bad Digital Parenting" Is this fair?
In her latest research and book "Parenting For A Digital Future" Professor Sandra Livingstone asked parents from all sorts of backgrounds about what their hopes were for their children in regard to a digital future. She and her colleague Alicia Blum-Ross found that many parents were really struggling to manage digital technology, and were sadly left out of a lot of initiatives and conversations around their own children's o...2020-12-1139 min
Tech Shock - from Parent Zone8: What kind of world will children face, and how can we prepare them?This week, Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Sonia Livingstone about her book, Parenting for a Digital Future.Talking points:Why do parents worry so much about screen time?Should children be learning to code?Parents are stuck in a giant digital parenting experiment - but is it the same experiment for everyone?Tech Shock is a Parent Zone production. Follow Parent Zone on social media for all the latest on our work on helping families to thrive in the digital age. Presented by Vicki Shotbolt. Tech Shock is produced and edited by...2020-12-0748 min
Inturnut: o outro lado da InternetQuão sociais são as redes sociais?Acostumados a socializar na internet, Peter e Bruno discutem se as redes sociais online estimulam interações positivas ou se os lados negativos tomam conta das redes.
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Siga no Instagram: @inturnutpodcast2020-11-0148 min
Grab the Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceParenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives by Sonia Livingstone, Alicia Blum-RossPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives Author: Sonia Livingstone, Alicia Blum-Ross Narrator: Christine Rendel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 29, 2020 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: In the decades it takes to bring up a child, parents face challenges that are both helped and hindered by the fact that they are living through a period of unprecedented digital innovation. In Parenting for a Digital Future, Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross draw on extensive and diverse qualitative and quantitative...2020-09-2930 min
Access Essential Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Computers & TechnologyParenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives by Alicia Blum-Ross, Sonia LivingstonePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/447174 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives Author: Alicia Blum-Ross, Sonia Livingstone Narrator: Christine Rendel Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 12 minutes Release date: September 29, 2020 Genres: Computers & Technology Publisher's Summary: In the decades it takes to bring up a child, parents face challenges that are both helped and hindered by the fact that they are living through a period of unprecedented digital innovation. In Parenting for a Digital Future, Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross draw on extensive and diverse qualitative and quantitative...2020-09-2930 minShaping the Post-COVID WorldParenting for a Digital Future: how hopes and fears about technology shape children's livesContributor(s): Dr Alicia Blum-Ross, Professor Lynn Schofield Clark, Dr Paul Hodkinson, Professor Sonia Livingstone | In the decades it takes to bring up a child, parents face challenges that are both helped and hindered by the fact that they are living through a period of unprecedented digital innovation. Join us for this event to launch Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross' new book, Parenting for a Digital Future.
In their new book, Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross draw on extensive and diverse qualitative and quantitative research with a range of parents in the UK to reveal how digital technologies characterise parenting...2020-09-241h 28
Despierta Tus FinanzasEp 35 | Influencia de la tecnología en los niños y adolescentes con Cristina FortunyEl desempeño en la vida adulta, incluido el ámbito financiero, depende mucho de nuestra formación en la infancia. Por ello, como padre de tres chicos me pregunto ¿cómo influye la tecnología en niños y adolescentes hoy día? ¿La tecnología potencia o entorpece el futuro financiero de mis hijos?
En la actualidad los niños tienen alta exposición a pantallas: tv, smartphones, laptops, consolas de videojuegos portátiles. ¿Es esto bueno o malo?
Por ello, hoy traigo a una invitada que ha profundizado en estos temas y nos puede dar mayo...2020-09-1157 min
Citrus Love - Keeping Motherhood InspiredWhy you shouldn't worry about your kids screen time with Media Expert & Social Psychologist Sonia LivingstoneParents are made to worry with the abundance of screen time is bad, screen time is unhealthy and screen time should be limited to this and that amount per day....but it doesn't work into most of our digital focused family lives, work spaces and especially in this digital world and future. So listen to this mother and 30 years media, internet and child's rights expert that has written 20 books about these topics on how you can parent in this reality WHILE keeping your own values and your family's screen time use in harmony. W...2020-09-0857 min
ConnectSafely LiveSonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross authors of Parenting for a Digital FutureWhen it comes to understanding how young people and their families are coping with today’s technology, there are no better experts than Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross. Both have been researching this subject for years and they have recently collaborated on an excellent book “Parenting for a Digital Future” based on in-person interviews and surveys of families. Though the research was done in London, it’s applicable to America because it delves into the lives of a vastly divergent group of families from many backgrounds and nationalities and all income levels. This interview is well worth your time if you want...2020-09-0351 min
10-Minute TalksParenting for a digital futureReflecting on years spent talking to parents, teachers and children about the influx of digital technologies in their lives, Sonia Livingstone will dispel some popular myths about screen time along with other techno-hype and fear-mongering, and offer some evidence-based suggestions to help maximise digital opportunities for children and minimise the risks.Speaker: Professor Sonia Livingstone FBA, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications, LSETranscript: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/podcasts/10-minute-talks-parenting-for-a-digital-future/2020-09-0110 min
The Lifecourse PodcastParenting for a digital future: the hopes and fears that shape children's livesSonia Livingstone from the London School of Economics discusses the research behind her new book, Parenting for a digital future: how hopes and fears about technology shape children’s lives. She explains how she and co-researcher Alicia Blum-Ross gained access to the homes and lives of parents keen to share their hopes, fears and experiences of parenting in the digital age and offers new important insights for policymakers, educators, and researchers keen to understand how parents and families can be best supported around the use of new technologies in a digital world.2020-08-0718 min
The Lifecourse PodcastParenting for a digital future: the hopes and fears that shape children's livesSonia Livingstone from the London School of Economics discusses the research behind her new book, She explains how she and co-researcher Alicia Blum-Ross gained access to the homes and lives of parents keen to share their hopes, fears and experiences of parenting in the digital age and offers new important insights for policymakers, educators, and researchers keen to understand how parents and families can be best supported around the use of new technologies in a digital world.2020-08-0518 min
Life KitHow To Work With — Not Against — Screen TimeSome parents think the best way to manage a child's screen time is to set hard limits. But those rules are particularly difficult to keep during a pandemic, when screens are a lifeline for all of us. So what should the rules be? Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross, coauthors of Parenting For A Digital Future, explain why being too strict about screen time might not be the best strategy for your kids — or the whole family.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy2020-07-2115 minLife Kit: ParentingHow To Work With — Not Against — Screen TimeSome parents think the best way to manage a child's screen time is to set hard limits. But those rules are particularly difficult to keep during a pandemic, when screens are a lifeline for all of us. So what should the rules be? Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross, coauthors of Parenting For A Digital Future, explain why being too strict about screen time might not be the best strategy for your kids — or the whole family.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy2020-07-2115 min
Dialéticas Podcast#16 – A infância e o YouTubeVivemos atualmente em uma cultura participativa, na qual indivíduos se tornaram consumidores e produtores de conteúdo. A modificação dos meios de comunicação, assim como as transformações das concepções da infância ao longo do tempo trouxeram novos paradigmas para os costumes da infância. Como consequências, crianças estão cada vez mais ativas na rede e se tornam também influenciadoras.
Diante desse contexto, o presente episódio pretende debater o texto “YouTube, infância e subjetividades: o caso Julia Silva”, de autoria da pesquisadora brasileira Renata Oliveira Tomaz. O episódio, assim, ten...2020-07-1031 min
ConnectSafely LiveResearcher Sonia Livingstone on what's happening with youth, social media, protest and Covid-19Larry and Kerry speak with Sonia Livingstone -- one of the world's leading researchers on youth and social media. We talked about the protests in the streets of America, the rights of youth, the impact of Covid-19 on young people's use of social media, and much more. Please watch and please share this video with your friends on Facebook2020-06-0237 min
Good Thinking PodcastHelping parents, and their children, thrive in our digital present, and in our digital futureMany families are currently juggling many competing demands during Pandemic from home schooling to money concerns. They are also grappling with the challenges their children face in the digital world, as we live through changes not seen since the industrial revolution. World expert on digital parenting, Sonia Livingstone provides insights and advice about parenting in the digital present and future. Cellos, optional.2020-05-1432 min
London Health PodcastParenting in the digital present and future with Sonia LivingstoneMany families are currently juggling many competing demands during Pandemic from home schooling to money concerns. They are also grappling with the challenges their children face in the digital world, as we live through changes not seen since the industrial revolution. World expert on digital parenting, Sonia Livingstone provides insights and advice about parenting in the digital present and future. Cellos, optional.2020-05-0532 min
Surviving Society ProductionsE054 Maitrayee Basu: Indian marginalised identities on InstagramMaitrayee talked us through her PhD research on Indian marginalised identities on instagram and we debate the ethics and role of social media in contemporary society.
Useful links:
1) Internet and children: (Sonia Livingstone's work on Global Kids Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qssk79scds&feature=youtu.be and Parenting: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/)
2) Digital Suicide and leaving Facebook: https://bit.ly/2ZyUFSW
3) Children and digital politics: https://bit.ly/2ZGnXDC2019-09-101h 04
ParentlandShould screen time be limited?'I don’t want to raise cyborgs.' When it comes to screen time, how much is too much? And is there such a thing as 'good' screen time? Mercy and Linda are joined by Sonia Livingstone, a professor of social psychology who studies internet use in childhood, and Parentland takes to the streets of London to ask teenagers what they think about their use of technology. #Parentland2019-05-0647 min
Dr Kathy Weston's Get a Grip! Parenting PodcastEpisode 2 - Dr Kathy Weston talks with Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE: How children and young people engage in the digital worldIn this episode, Dr Weston talks to one of the foremost experts on how children and young people engage in the digital world, Professor Sonia Livingstone of the London School of Economics. Topics covered: screen-time, children's use of smartphones, family use of digital technology. #digitalworld #socialmedia #screentime 2019-02-0655 min
Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfRestoring Trust: how do we tackle the crisis in public information? [Audio]Speaker(s): James Ball, Professor Charlie Beckett, Sophie Gaston | The LSE Truth, Trust and Technology Commission is working with experts, practitioners and the public to identify structural causes of media misinformation and set out a new framework for strategic policy. The four themes it is looking at are: journalism credibility, platform responsibility, political communications and media literacy and citizenship. At this event the audience is invited to put questions and views about misinformation direct to our expert panel. James Ball (@jamesrbuk) is a Commissioner of the LSE T3 project and the author of Post-Truth: How Bullshit Conquered the World. Charlie...2018-05-021h 29
LSE: The BallparkSeason 2, Episode 9: What can be done about fake news?Contributor(s): Charlie Beckett, Sonia Livingstone, Chris Gilson, Sophie Donszelmann, Denise Baron | Fake news has taken the world and especially America by storm, and in this episode, we talk with two academics who are part of LSE’s effort to define and address this threat to society. We talk with Charlie Beckett and Sonia Livingstone about fake news: what it is and what we can do about it.2018-01-0836 min
The BallparkSeason 2, Episode 9: What can be done about fake news?Contributor(s): Charlie Beckett, Sonia Livingstone, Chris Gilson, Sophie Donszelmann, Denise Baron | Fake news has taken the world and especially America by storm, and in this episode, we talk with two academics who are part of LSE’s effort to define and address this threat to society. We talk with Charlie Beckett and Sonia Livingstone about fake news: what it is and what we can do about it.2018-01-0836 min
FT Tech TonicSocial media in the classroomHow is the use of mobile technology and social media affecting the lives of children and adolescents? Sonia Livingstone, professor of psychology at the LSE in London, examined the issue in her book: The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age. She talks to Madhumita Murgia about her findings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2017-12-2029 min
LSE IQ podcastLSEIQ Episode 3 | Is social media good for society?Contributor(s): Professor Nick Couldry, Dr Ellen Helsper, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Svenja Ottovordemgentschenfelde | Welcome to LSE IQ, a new monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This is the podcast where we ask some of the leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. In this episode, Jo Bale investigates social media amid growing concerns that tech companies are putting profit before the well-being of individual users and democratic societies. She talks to Nick Couldry, Ellen Helsper, Sonia Livingstone and Svenja Ottovordemgentschenfelde of LSE's Department of Media...2017-06-0628 minLSE IQLSEIQ Episode 3 | Is social media good for society?Contributor(s): Professor Nick Couldry, Dr Ellen Helsper, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Svenja Ottovordemgentschenfelde | Welcome to LSE IQ, a new monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This is the podcast where we ask some of the leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society. In this episode, Jo Bale investigates social media amid growing concerns that tech companies are putting profit before the well-being of individual users and democratic societies. She talks to Nick Couldry, Ellen Helsper, Sonia Livingstone and Svenja Ottovordemgentschenfelde of LSE's Department of Media...2017-06-0628 min
LSE IQ | Intelligent questions with social science answersIs social media good for society?To subscribe on iTunes please visit - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/lse-iq-podcast/id1223817465 or search for 'LSE IQ' in your favourite podcast app.
Welcome to LSE IQ, a new monthly podcast from the London School of Economics and Political Science. This is the podcast where we ask some of the leading social scientists - and other experts - to answer intelligent questions about economics, politics or society.
In this episode, Jo Bale investigates social media amid growing concerns that tech companies are putting profit before the well-being of individual users and democratic societies. She talks to Nick Couldry...2017-06-0628 min
Social Science BitesWhose Work Most Influenced You? Part 2The Communist Manifesto. Novelist Don DeLillo’s account of a big moment in baseball. Works by Wittgenstein and Focault. And a famous –and shocking – behavioral experiment. These are a few of the supremely inspiring works which have influenced some of the leading social scientists at work today. During the recording of every Social Science Bites podcast, the guest has been asked the following: Which piece of social science research has most inspired or most influenced you? And now, in honor of the 50th Bites podcast to air, journalist and interviewer David Edmonds has compiled those responses into three s...2017-03-1512 min
Data & SocietyLiving and Learning in the Digital AgeSonia Livingstone on where and why do digital media – and digital media learning – fit into the lives of young teenagers living in complex urban societies? Do they help build valued connections, or enhance opportunities to create, learn and participate? Or do they lead to hyper-connection, surveillance and loss of privacy for young people? Reflecting on a year’s ethnography (free to read at http://connectedyouth.nyupress.org/) with a class of 13 year olds, exploring their sites of living and learning online and offline, Sonia argues that their understandable desire for ‘positive disconnections’ means crucial opportunities to learn are being missed. Th...2017-02-0745 min
RSA EventsLearning in a Digital WorldWhat are young people’s opportunities today? Do their social and digital networks offer new routes to learning? What is the meaning of education in a digitally connected but fiercely competitive and individualised world? At the RSA, Professor Sonia Livingstone presents the results of her most recent fieldwork, based on the experiences of young teenagers growing up and learning in a digital world. In her study she explores youth values and prospects as well as tactics for facing the opportunities and challenges ahead.
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Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfFrom a Culture of Connectivity to a Platform SocietyContributor(s): Professor José van Dijck, Professor Sonia Livingstone | Online platforms are penetrating the organisation of societies, disrupting private and public sectors. What is their impact on the governance of public life and social order? José van Dijck is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sonia Livingstone (@Livingstone_S) is Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE. Andrew Murray (@AndrewDMurray) is Professor of Law with particular reference to New Media and Technology Law at LSE. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an in...2016-03-071h 27Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | VideoFrom a Culture of Connectivity to a Platform SocietyContributor(s): Professor José van Dijck, Professor Sonia Livingstone | Online platforms are penetrating the organisation of societies, disrupting private and public sectors. What is their impact on the governance of public life and social order? José van Dijck is Professor of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam and President of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sonia Livingstone (@Livingstone_S) is Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE. Andrew Murray (@AndrewDMurray) is Professor of Law with particular reference to New Media and Technology Law at LSE. LSE Law (@lselaw) is an in...2016-03-071h 27Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2015: Digital Personhood and IdentityContributor(s): Luke Dormehl, Aleks Krotoski, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor Andrew Murray | What are the foundations of our identity in the digital age? As digital devices make and manage more and more decisions about our everyday lives how can we retain our sense of self? The panellists discuss how algorithms and intelligent devices are altering our sense of personhood and the ways in which we see ourselves and others. Luke Dormehl (@lukedormehl) is a technology author and journalist, with a background in documentary film. He regularly contributes to Fast Company - where he covers high-tech and the digital humanities...2015-02-281h 35Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2015: Digital Personhood and IdentityContributor(s): Luke Dormehl, Aleks Krotoski, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Professor Andrew Murray | What are the foundations of our identity in the digital age? As digital devices make and manage more and more decisions about our everyday lives how can we retain our sense of self? The panellists discuss how algorithms and intelligent devices are altering our sense of personhood and the ways in which we see ourselves and others. Luke Dormehl (@lukedormehl) is a technology author and journalist, with a background in documentary film. He regularly contributes to Fast Company - where he covers high-tech and the digital humanities...2015-02-281h 35Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfChildren's Rights in the Digital AgeContributor(s): Professor Sonia Livingstone, John Carr, Professor Robin Mansell | Are children’s rights enhanced or undermined by access to the internet? Charters and manifestos for the digital age are proliferating, but where do children fit in? Sonia Livingstone (@Livingstone_S) OBE is a Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE and Project Director of EU Kids Online. John Carr (@johnc1912) is a member of the Executive Board of the UK Council on Child Internet Safety, the British Government's principal advisory body for online safety and security for children and young people. Robin Mansell (@RE...2015-02-111h 27Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoChildren's Rights in the Digital AgeContributor(s): Professor Sonia Livingstone, John Carr, Professor Robin Mansell | Are children’s rights enhanced or undermined by access to the internet? Charters and manifestos for the digital age are proliferating, but where do children fit in? Sonia Livingstone (@Livingstone_S) OBE is a Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE and Project Director of EU Kids Online. John Carr (@johnc1912) is a member of the Executive Board of the UK Council on Child Internet Safety, the British Government's principal advisory body for online safety and security for children and young people. Robin Mansell (@RE...2015-02-111h 27
Gearty GrillingsGearty Grilling: Sonia Livingstone on Are Children Safe Online?Contributor(s): Sonia Livingstone | Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, discusses the challenges of keeping children safe online.2015-02-0504 min
LSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: An introduction to the projectContributor(s): Sonia Livingstone | This is a general overview of the EU kids Online project.2014-08-1907 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - European Eviden…Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1801 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Resources available…Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1802 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Online on the mobi…Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1802 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Net Children Go M…Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1802 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - In their own wordsContributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1801 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Final recommen…Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1803 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Excessive Internet…Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1803 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Country classificationContributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1804 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Coping StrategiesContributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1801 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Australian Kids …Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1802 minLSE Research channel | VideoEU Kids Online: Thematic Reports - Innovative approaches…Contributor(s): Ellen Helsper, Giovanna Mascheroni, Lelia Green, Leslie Haddon, Monica Barbovschi, Nathalie Sonck, Sonia Livingstone | These videos are of the thematic reports from the EU Kids online project.2014-08-1803 min
Department of Education Public SeminarsThe Class: Connections and Disconnections in the Digital AgeThis talk by Prof. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics, reflects on a recent ethnographic study of a year 9 class – researched at school and at home over an academic year. We have been particularly interested in asking how young people perceive and respond to the demands made of them by school and family. How do they conceive of the place and purpose of learning, and the value of home or community? Do digitally mediated activities and networks enable or impede young people’s connected learning or opportunities in society? And what difference does or could the digital make to extending or d...2014-06-2752 minDepartment of Education Public SeminarsThe Class: Connections and Disconnections in the Digital AgeThis talk by Prof. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics, reflects on a recent ethnographic study of a year 9 class – researched at school and at home over an academic year. We have been particularly interested in asking how young people perceive and respond to the demands made of them by school and family. How do they conceive of the place and purpose of learning, and the value of home or community? Do digitally mediated activities and networks enable or impede young people’s connected learning or opportunities in society? And what difference does or could the digital make to extending or d...2014-06-2752 min
Children and the Internet - for iPod/iPhoneHow children use the internetProfessor Sonia Livingstone discusses why she was drawn to this area of research2014-05-2800 minChildren and the Internet - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- How children use the internetTranscript -- Professor Sonia Livingstone discusses why she was drawn to this area of research2014-05-2850 minChildren and the Internet - for iPod/iPhonePercieved dangersProfessor Sonia Livingstone explains the risks of unregulated access to information from net2014-05-2800 minChildren and the Internet - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- Percieved dangersTranscript -- Professor Sonia Livingstone explains the risks of unregulated access to information from net2014-05-2850 minChildren and the Internet - for iPod/iPhoneRegulation and benefitsProfessor Sonia Livingstone feels the benefits outweigh the risks2014-05-2800 minChildren and the Internet - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- Regulation and benefitsTranscript -- Professor Sonia Livingstone feels the benefits outweigh the risks2014-05-2850 minChildren and the Internet - for iPod/iPhoneWhich children are most vulnerableProfessor Sonia Livingstone discuss what other factors contribute to child safety2014-05-2800 minChildren and the Internet - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- Which children are most vulnerableTranscript -- Professor Sonia Livingstone discuss what other factors contribute to child safety2014-05-2850 min
MIT Comparative Media Studies/WritingSonia Livingstone, "The Class: Living And Learning In The Digital Age"Sonia Livingstone is a full professor in the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science. She is seconded to Microsoft Social Research for fall 2013 as well as being a faculty fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. Her talk is based on her current book project, “The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age”, based on her ethnographic research with the MacArthur Foundation-funded Connected Learning Research Network. With a focus on young teenagers, Sonia will examine how powerful forces of social reproduction result in missed opportunities for many youth in the risk soci2013-11-111h 41
LSE Review of BooksLSE Review of Books | LSE Literary Festival 2013 | Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fictionIn this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden.
Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy of the following contributors at the FreeMusicArchive.org...2013-06-1008 min
LSE Review of Books | AudioLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction [Audio]Contributor(s): Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy...2013-02-1508 minLSE Review of BooksLSE Literary Festival - Academic Inspiration: Favourite works of fiction [Audio]Contributor(s): Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone | In this special LSE Literary Festival series, the LSE Review of Books blog asked prominent LSE professors to read from their favourite works of fiction, building on the Academic Inspiration series on their blog, LSEReviewofbooks.com. Professor of Human Rights Law Conor Gearty reads from The Trial, Centennial Professor at Gender Institute Mary Evans from Little Women, and Sonia Livingstone, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications from The Warden. Presented by Amy Mollett. Produced by Cheryl Brumley. Contributors: Conor Gearty, Mary Evans, Sonia Livingstone. Music and sound came courtesy...2013-02-1508 minSummer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfImpact Conference 2011 - 1600Contributor(s): Various - see description for details | Academics are increasingly being pressed to provide evidence of impact from their research on the world outside academia. And universities will have to provide evidence of impact as part of the new Research Excellence Framework. But there is confusion about the different definitions of impact that exist amongst funding bodies and research councils, and also about methods of measuring impact. This one day conference will look at a range of issues surrounding the impact of academic work on government, business, communities and public debate. We will discuss what impact is, how impacts...2011-06-1358 minSummer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfImpact Conference 2011 - 1715Contributor(s): Various - see description for details | Academics are increasingly being pressed to provide evidence of impact from their research on the world outside academia. And universities will have to provide evidence of impact as part of the new Research Excellence Framework. But there is confusion about the different definitions of impact that exist amongst funding bodies and research councils, and also about methods of measuring impact. This one day conference will look at a range of issues surrounding the impact of academic work on government, business, communities and public debate. We will discuss what impact is, how impacts...2011-06-1349 minSummer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfImpact Conference 2011 - 1445Contributor(s): Various - see description for details | Academics are increasingly being pressed to provide evidence of impact from their research on the world outside academia. And universities will have to provide evidence of impact as part of the new Research Excellence Framework. But there is confusion about the different definitions of impact that exist amongst funding bodies and research councils, and also about methods of measuring impact. This one day conference will look at a range of issues surrounding the impact of academic work on government, business, communities and public debate. We will discuss what impact is, how impacts...2011-06-131h 00Summer 2011 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfImpact Conference 2011 - 1130Contributor(s): Various - see description for details | Academics are increasingly being pressed to provide evidence of impact from their research on the world outside academia. And universities will have to provide evidence of impact as part of the new Research Excellence Framework. But there is confusion about the different definitions of impact that exist amongst funding bodies and research councils, and also about methods of measuring impact. This one day conference will look at a range of issues surrounding the impact of academic work on government, business, communities and public debate. We will discuss what impact is, how impacts...2011-06-132h 14LSE Research channel | VideoOpportunities and Risks for Children OnlineContributor(s): Professor Sonia Livingstone | With 65 per cent of Europeans now online, what effect is this having on children? What type of material are children being exposed to through the internet? How do online risks compare to offline risks? In this short film, Professor Sonia Livingstone – head of LSE’s Department of Media and Communications – along with fellow researchers Dr Ellen Helsper and Dr Leslie Haddon, discuss the findings of their survey into the online habits of 23,420 children and their parents in 23 European countries. Professor Livingstone and her colleagues received funding from the EC's Internet Programmed to investigate the opportunities and th...2010-10-2006 minLSE Research channel | VideoOpportunities and Risks for Children OnlineContributor(s): Professor Sonia Livingstone | With 65 per cent of Europeans now online, what effect is this having on children? What type of material are children being exposed to through the internet? How do online risks compare to offline risks? In this short film, Professor Sonia Livingstone – head of LSE’s Department of Media and Communications – along with fellow researchers Dr Ellen Helsper and Dr Leslie Haddon, discuss the findings of their survey into the online habits of 23,420 children and their parents in 23 European countries. Professor Livingstone and her colleagues received funding from the EC's Internet Programmed to investigate the opportunities and th...2010-10-2006 minAutumn 2009 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Silverstone Panel on Digital Natives: A Lost Tribe?Contributor(s): Professor David Buckingham, Ranjana Das, Dr Chris Davies, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Dr Rebecca Willet | Enabling media literacy for 'digital natives' - a contradiction in terms? - Professor Sonia Livingstone, Department of Media and Communications, LSE. Talking about their generation: constructions of the digital learner - Professor David Buckingham, Institute of Education. -Q and A- Teenagers using the internet: riders, drivers, dabblers and outsiders - Dr Chris Davies, University of Oxford. Power relations, play and boredom in teens' online interactions - Dr Rebekah Willet, Institute of Education. Panel Reflections - Ranjana Das, POLIS Silverstone Scholar 20092009-11-241h 30Autumn 2009 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe Silverstone Panel on Digital Natives: A Lost Tribe?Contributor(s): Professor David Buckingham, Ranjana Das, Dr Chris Davies, Professor Sonia Livingstone, Dr Rebecca Willet | Enabling media literacy for 'digital natives' - a contradiction in terms? - Professor Sonia Livingstone, Department of Media and Communications, LSE. Talking about their generation: constructions of the digital learner - Professor David Buckingham, Institute of Education. -Q and A- Teenagers using the internet: riders, drivers, dabblers and outsiders - Dr Chris Davies, University of Oxford. Power relations, play and boredom in teens' online interactions - Dr Rebekah Willet, Institute of Education. Panel Reflections - Ranjana Das, POLIS Silverstone Scholar 20092009-11-241h 30Spring 2008 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfChildren's Media: More Harm than Good?Contributor(s): Professor Sonia Livingstone | Public policy is scrutinising potential media harms, given rapid expansion of the internet, fears over 'toxic' childhood, and pressing dilemmas for media regulation. But is the media the problem or the solution?2008-01-241h 21