[MEDIA] Discussing Cyber-Bullying with David Peek on @UCBMedia / @UCBNewsTeam
Today, I spoke to David Peek, from UCB Radio, as we approach the end of anti-bullying week. A survey for #Antibullyingweek2020 suggests online bullying is up 25% in a year – but with more of us spending more time online, how real is this rise – and can we do anything to combat the issue? […]
[MEDIA] Chatting with @PaulHUCB re Tracking Apps and Social Media in #Coronavirus Times
This evening (morning UK time), I had a chat with Paul Hammond on UCB Radio The conversation was triggered by the UK planning to produce a COVID tracking app (see Business Insider, or UnHerd), and whether it’s the ‘thin end of the wedge’ re privacy. There’s also an app that was developed by teams working […]
[MEDIA] It’s #SaferInternetDay, I spoke to @PremierRadio, @BBCLeeds and @UCBNewsTeam
Today is Safer Internet Day – so six years ago I was on BBC Radio 2 with Steve Wright, and five years ago on The One Show on the BBC, and I’ve done lots of other press on children and the internet in between. In 2014 Raising Children in a Digital Age: Enjoying the Best, Avoiding […]
[MEDIA] General Election: What is the role of social media? with @UCBMedia #GE2019
Recently I did a pre-record with UCB, who used a short segment of the interview the same day. Today, 3 minutes of the interview were used in UCB’s 12 o’clock news programme, and the full version was on ‘News Extra’ on UCB1 by 1pm. You can listen to the interview here (just under 10 minutes):
[MEDIA] Talking about #FactCheckUK with @UCBNewsTeam for #GE2019
Earlier today I had a conversation with the news team for UCB radio, and manage to capture this snippet used this evening (the rest will follow later, as we talked more generally about social media/the election): I’m keeping tabs on some interesting links on Wakelet. Interestingly the parody account for Boris Johnson was right on […]
