Today is Safer Internet Day. Yesterday, I posted some content on the Manchester Met Uni news page. Earlier today I was on TWRadio (still seeking the audio), in response to Anxiety on rise among the young in social media age, then I was on Premier News Hour talking about Safer Internet Day, and the value it has as a day:
A couple of stories that I may have referred to were:
The hospital selfie is the dose of reality social media needs
Read full story, which starts:
As Safer Internet Day arrives tomorrow (February 5, 2019), with its theme of using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively, Dr Bex Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing at Manchester Metropolitan University, and author of Raising Children in a Digital Age (Lion Hudson, 2014), reflects back on the themes of the stories that she has been asked to comment upon in the press this past year.
This year, Safer Internet Day focuses upon encouraging young people to explore how they ask, give, and receive consent online, within friendships or relationships, sharing content or managing their privacy and data to ensure that they take control of their online lives, and use the positive power of the internet for good.
See all my press output, and see this useful tweet:
A very helpful guide to the many apps kids use #SID2019 #digitalparenting https://t.co/uSOkPgUe2N
— Sonia Livingstone (@Livingstone_S) February 3, 2019
also my earlier tweet:
Yes to all this for #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek – it’s so easy to look to blame technology for everything – but having strong family relationships, spaces to go and be creative, etc are all more important! https://t.co/CqyXNHVPPj
— Dr Bex Lewis (@drbexl) February 4, 2019