[MEDIA] What should happen to our online selves when we die? from @LifeSearch for @UCBNewsTeam
LifeSearch (a life insurance company) have posted the results of a new study that they have done, into how prepared people are in managing their digital assets/social media after death, and found that a large number of users want their data cleared automatically on death, whilst others want to hold onto e.g. e-books/music, and photographs […]
[MEDIA] Talking about Social Media Etiquette, etc with @BBC5Live
Yesterday evening I spoke to Adrian Goldberg about a variety of social media stories on BBC 5 Live (and was listening just before I went on, when they had a story about teenagers/social media which I’d like to relisten to – sounded like whoever it was was making a whole load of sense): Story 1: […]
[MEDIA] Talking to @TWRuk about @ChurchofEngland Social Media Guidelines
Earlier today, the Church of England released guidelines for the use of social media within the church (and impacting the world more widely), and this was launched by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Facebook: This was covered in the Guardian, CNN, ITV, and other places. If you look back through my Slideshare, you’ll see that […]
[MEDIA] Talking about @Barnardos report with @PremierRadio and @HeartNorthWest
Barnardo’s released a new report focusing upon screentime, addiction, mental health, online grooming, and cyberbullying … Children as young as TWO using social media – and some are already addicted (Mirror) Children aged five and under at risk of internet addiction – Barnardo’s (Guardian) Children as young as two using social media, charity warns as […]
[MEDIA] Talking about Alexa ‘Bedtime Reading’ with @EamonnHolmes on @talkRADIO
So, I was at MPA Thrive today, when I got a call from TalkRadio, asking if I would talk about the following story: More than a quarter of parents are relying on Alexa and other apps to tell their children a bedtime story so they don’t have to, research suggests. Charity BookTrust surveyed 1,000 parents […]
