Podcast appearances and mentions of Sonia Livingstone

As the online world continues to develop, possible risks and harms do too. Business models can encourage the promotion of harmful content via algorithms, and children's data is too often viewed as a commodity. Often, legislation is left scrambling to keep up with tech – and even when it's successfully passed, evidence ‘supporting' it can be conflicting (or simply lacking). In-between all this, the rights of children can be sidelined or infringed upon. But are we yet in a good place for tackling some of these challenges? And if not, where next? Helping Vicki answer this question is Sonia Livingstone, professor at the London School of Economics and Director of the Digital Futures for Children Centre.Talking points:How can regulation stay relevant in a world of generative AI and ‘innovation at speed'? Between parental controls and age verification, are we forgetting to ask key questions about child rights?Should we be following Australia in raising the digital age of consent, or does research say otherwise? 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 Tim Malster.wwwTwitterFacebookInstagram

Online safety experts have been meeting in Dublin today to debate what can be done to create a safer digital space for children and young people. Professor Sonia Livingstone was the keynote speaker at today's event and she is one of Europe's foremost experts on children's rights in a digital age and she joins Sarah to tell us more.

Today, leading experts in Ireland and UK working in online safety come together to explore strategies that can be taken to create a safer digital space for children and young people. The event, held by the Children's Rights Alliance, looks at threats to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in the online world as well as the impact of Coimisiún na Meán's Online Safety Code. Exposure to harmful content suggesting hate, self-harm and suicide, cyberbullying, and privacy violations are just some of the issues under the spotlight. Speaking ahead of the event, Noeline Blackwell, Online Safety Coordinator at the Children's Rights Alliance, said: "Creating a safe digital space for children and young people is not just a necessity but a fundamental right. We have seen technology evolve at breakneck speed, and while this has resulted in unparalleled opportunities for learning and connection, we must also address the risks emerging because our laws and policies have not kept pace with these rapid advancements. The exposure to harmful content, along with the potential for cyberbullying, means the digital world poses a real and imminent threat to our children's well-being and safety. With great power comes great responsibility and to date, social media giants simply have not displayed that responsibility. There has been a united outcry from parents, advocates, experts and even children and young people themselves for regulations that allow for a safe and engaging online environment. Looking at the current state of play and the daily damage occurring to the safety and well-being of children and young people from even just a few minutes online, it is vital that tech companies address these challenges head-on and are held accountable for any harm that occurs on their platforms. Implementation of effective measures are a must to safeguard and protect the rights of all their users, particularly those most vulnerable. We know that the tech expertise and capabilities are there to address these harms, there is no justifiable reason not to use them. Today's event is a unique opportunity to bring together experts working in the space to discuss and propose comprehensive strategies and steps we can all take to effectively ensure potential risks to children and young people's safety are mitigated. The ever-changing complexity of the online world demands consistent vigilance and revisiting of regulations so that we stay proactive in protecting our children's rights. A collective effort from policymakers, educators, non-governmental organisations and parents will help maximise impact in safeguarding children online but we need a solid foundation in the Online Safety Code to do so. Through making a conscious effort now to create a safer digital space, we are working towards children being able to experience the myriad of benefits technology can offer without compromising their well-being. It is our duty to create an online world where children can thrive safely and securely." Professor Sonia Livingstone, keynote speaker at today's event and one of Europe's foremost experts on children's rights in a digital age, commented: "It is crucial we join forces to strike a balance that provides children and young people with the safety necessary to benefit from digital opportunities without exposure to unnecessary harm. In order to succeed in this, we need to place a focus on efficient regulation that is not only effective in restricting harmful content but also promotes positive digital experiences and engagement. Tech companies have a duty of care to their users, and given its prominence in the tech landscape, Ireland is in a position to really lead across Europe through its new Online Code. We need to see tech giants in Ireland set a positive example and uphold their duty of care through robust regulatory policies that hold platforms accountable for their content and the experiences of users. It is unacceptable that falling victim to manipula...

In 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 Rights Foundation, aiming to improve the digital space for kids. The conversation touches on design thinking, the collaborative efforts of the guests, and the role of design in shaping children's experiences in the digital world. A really enjoyable chat with our guests Sonia and Kruakae, thanks for joining us. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-livingstone-6b0b8712/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kruakae-pothong-28b24115/

Apple says its eye-tracking Vision Pro mixed reality headset heralds the “era of spatial computing” to browse and game with a digitised version of the world overlaid onto actual reality.The tech giant's boss Tim Cook promises the nearly £3,000 Mac for your face will “unlock experience like nothing we've ever seen” in a new metaverse.But what are the risks to young minds from this increasingly immersive computing experience that cuts users off from the physical realm?This episode of the Leader podcast sought out two psychologists expert in the impact of VR on child mental health. In part one, we're joined by Dr Elena Martellozzo, associate professor of criminology at Middlesex University and associate director of the Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies, who's specialises in issues around online harm and is currently researching the metaverse.Then in part two, we speak with Sonia Livingstone, a professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics, who researches children's digital lives.We discuss the impact of VR on the brain, harassment risks, gamification and how cooking can help children stay grounded in the real world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A 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 like personal life when it comes to young people's mental health. Also, regarding issues like “policing” and children's rights, the key is the balance, and how parents use technology to create a wholesome societal environment are discussed. Sonia Livingstone is a professor in the Department of Media and Communication at London School of Economics and Political Science. Much of Sonia's research focuses on children's rights in the digital age. Sonia has published 20 books on media audiences, especially on 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  (New York University Press, with Julian Sefton-Green) (view here). Her new book is Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fears about technology shape children's lives (Oxford University Press), with Alicia Blum-Ross (view here). Lynn Schofield Clark is a media critic and researcher focused on media studies and film studies. She is a prize-winning author of several books and articles on the role social and visual media play in the lives of diverse U.S. adolescents. In her 2017 book co-authored with Regina Marchi, Young People and the Future of News, Clark and Marchi utilize an ethnographic approach to tell the stories of how young people engage with social media and legacy media both as producers and consumers of news. The book received the 2018 Nancy Baym Book Award from the Association of Internet Researchers and the 2018 James Carey Media Research Award from the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research  Clark's book regarding parenting in the digital age is titled The Parent App: Understanding Families in a Digital Age (Oxford University Press, 2012). Clark's main contributions are in the areas of family media studies, media rich youth participatory action research and the mediatization (media) of world religions.A full transcript of this episode will be available soon!Here are some of the references from this episode, for those who want to dig a little deeper:Parenting in the Age of ScreenParental mediation theory for the digital ageThe parent app: Understanding families in the digital ageYoung People and New Media: Childhood and the Changing Media EnvironmentGradations in digital inclusion: Children, young people and the digital divideShare your thoughts via Twitter with Henry, Colin and the How Do You Like It So Far? account! You can also email us at howdoyoulikeitsofarpodcast@gmail.com.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Music:In Time (Instrumental) by Dylan Emmet  https://soundcloud.com/dylanemmetCreative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/in-time-instrumentalMusic promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/AzYoVrMLa1Q––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Sonia 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/support

Show Notes Starting Place Companies are constantly releasing new tools for tracking the physical movements of children. Should parents use them? Child monitoring apps and devices are rapidly becoming a multi-billion market By #2012, more than 20 million people were already using Life360 – just five years after the iPhone was released - #2019 UK study – 40% of parents/guardians had deployed real-time GPS tracking and 15% checked locations “constantly” A Relatively New Phenomenon Technology and consumer interest began growing in early 2010s Two main models Location-sharing – provides real-time updates of a device's location Geofencing – provides alerts only when a device leaves or enters a specific area Specialized features are emerging Speed monitoring and crash detection for teen drivers Remote activation of device microphones “Stealth mode” – parents can install monitoring without any knowledge of child Motivations for Tracking Keeping track of devices or belongings Make sure kids are where they are supposed to be Keep a digital eye on children with health issues Stranger danger Risk overblown by sensationalist headlines? Violence Natural disasters Greater freedom for children? Relevant Technologies GPS (sometimes + WiFi) Backpacks Phones Gabb Wireless https://gabbwireless.com/ Pinwheel https://www.pinwheel.com/ Trackers Jiobit Watches Xplora X5 Play Bluetooth – limited utility in moving vehicles AirTags Tile Apps Circle Home Plus FamiGuard Family360 Find My Friends (Apple, 2011) Find My Kids (2016) iSharing Life360 (GPS) (2008) My Family Potential for Abuse Cybertraps for Spouses, Partners, and Lovers Fundamental Questions Is this legal? Yes. Parents have the right to supervise their children. As the owners of electronic devices, parents also have the right to install or remove software and establish rules for the use of the device. Does it work? Sonia Livingstone, a professor in the department of media and communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, believes there is in fact “zero evidence that any of these apps keep children safer”. "I've never seen any and I look at all the evidence,” she says. Are both parents in agreement? When does parental supervision cross over into invasive surveillance? Are one or both parents becoming digital voyeurs? Are parents unknowingly sharing information with third parties? Could this intensely personal information be hacked? Is it a breach of familial trust? Very hard to justify hidden monitoring of child Parents should not try to get into a contest with children re technology use Open conversation is critical Challenges in dual-custody situations. Does it stunt the development of child independence and the ability to pay attention to their surroundings? Developing a sense of privacy is a natural part of the maturation process Are parents putting more trust in a device than their children? Chilling effect on friendships, romances, etc.? What about when kids voluntarily share their location (e.g., Snap Map) When should parents stop monitoring? Are subcutaneous GPS chips next? - #2018 “Black Mirror” episode called “Arkangel” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5709250/ Resources - #2022–05–01 Honey, let's track the kids: the rise of parental surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/may/01/honey-lets-track-the-kids-phone-apps-now-allow-parents-to-track-their-children - #2022–03–04 How to Track My Child's Phone Without Them Knowing https://novascotiatoday.com/how-to-track-my-childs-phone-without-them-knowing/19149/ - #2022–02–11 I Used Apple AirTags, Tiles and a GPS Tracker to Watch My Husband's Every Move https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/11/technology/airtags-gps-surveillance.html - #2021–12–29 ‘My husband tracks our kids' every move – I think it's an invasion of privacy' https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/family/my-husband-tracks-kids-every–25806649 - #2021–12–20 5 Best GPS Watches for Kids to Safeguard Their Movement https://urbanmatter.com/5-best-gps-watches-for-kids-to-safeguard-their-movement/ - #2021–11–07 The parents who track their children https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20211105-the-parents-who-track-their-children - #2021–09–27 Should You Use Apple AirTags to Keep Track of Your Kids? https://lifehacker.com/should-you-use-apple-airtags-to-keep-track-of-your-kids–1847752273 - #2021–09–08 The Case Against Tracking Your Kid's Phone ($) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021–09–08/back-to-school-the-case-against-tracking-your-kid-s-phone-location - #2021–08–23 These gadgets can help you track your kids on the way to school https://ktla.com/morning-news/technology/track-kids-way-walk-to-school-tech-gadgets-richontech/ - #2021–08–10 7 Phone Tracking Apps For Parents' Peace of Mind https://www.newsweek.com/7-phone-tracking-apps-parents-peace-mind–1610685 - #2020–03–10 Should Parents Track Their Children? https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/learning/should-parents-track-their-children.html - #2015–10–18 Would YOU track your child's every move? Three very sceptical mums test £80 GPS watch on their kids to see if it's helicopter-parenting gone mad… or just good sense https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article–3275502/Three-mums-track-children-s–80-Moochies-watch.html - #2012–09–14 Should You Use Your Smart Phone to Track Your Kids? https://business.time.com/2012/09/14/should-you-use-your-smartphone-to-track-your-kids/

Every parent is forced to make tough choices about how much freedom to give their child online. How do you decide what the limits are? And what's the right level of risk? In this episode, hosts Taylor Owen and Nicole Edwards set out to find out just how worried we should be about teens' online safety. Two experts in children's digital rights weigh in. Sonia Livingstone, author and professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics, makes the case for giving kids more freedom online. Valerie Steeves, professor of criminology at the University of Ottawa, argues that we should be more concerned about data collection than security. Find out more: Read more research and insight from the eQuality Project, which Valerie Steeves co-leads: https://www.equalityproject.ca/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since when technology has entered our daily life, every new generation of parents has to deal with their children's education on how to use and not to use it. Things got more complicated, from not listening to Rock'n'roll music to not watching too much TV to video games and now everything the internet brings us. "No" is the easy button but not the correct one. It is a complex world online, and it has become harder and harder to understand the dynamics that shape our interaction with this new techno reality. It is even harder for adolescents, and it gets even more complex when we consider those groups of adolescents facing mental health problems.“Public and policy debates often link rising rates of adolescents' mental health problems to increasing internet use. But these debates have not always been rigorously grounded in evidence concerning both possible benefits and harms. There is a gap in understanding between those who are experts in mental health and those with expertise in the culture, political economy and regulation of the digital environment, hence many questions remain. Can adolescents' internet use increase the risk of poor mental health and what aspects of ‘the internet' matter? Can digital technologies support adolescents' mental health, whether by placing barriers on the pathway to harm or by introducing online help?“ Can adolescents' internet use increase the risk of eating disorders, self-harm and overall poor mental health?Can internet use support adolescents' mental health, whether by placing barriers on the pathway to harm or by introducing online help?What aspects of “the internet” matter? The research highlights the multidimensional nature of digital engagement, going beyond straightforward ideas of “internet use.”In this podcast, I spoke about all of this and more with Dr. Sonia Livingstone, following our conversation about a year ago. You can catch up on that one here: Book | Parenting For A Digital Future. How Hopes And Fears About Technology Shape Children's Lives | An Audio Signals Conversation With Sonia Livingstone____________________________GuestSonia LivingstoneProfessor of Social Psychology at London School of Economics and Political Science [@MediaLSE]On LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonia-livingstone-6b0b8712/On Twitter | https://twitter.com/Livingstone_SOn YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLllmmic_r3ou4l8rd5mOlgq5xxFVUTsQELSE Profile | https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/sonia-livingstone____________________________ResourcesNew book Parenting for a Digital Future: How hopes and fear about technology shape children's livesProjects:Children's Rights in the Digital AgeDigital Futures CommissionPlayful by DesignChildren Online: Research & Evidence (CO:RE)ySKILLS (YouthSkills)Children's Data and Privacy OnlineGlobal Kids OnlineEU Kids OnlineeuCONSENT____________________________This Episode's SponsorsBugcrowd

Our 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.

What 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.

Our 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 engaging with screens. She also emphasizes that technology inequalities merit more attention and discusses children's rights and agency within the digital space. Click here for this episode's transcript, and here for this episode's show notes.

Why is Wikipedia not in the headlines for causing harm to users like Facebook is? How does a community based approach to content moderation work? What do top academics and the UK's data regulator, the ICO, think of the draft Online Safety Bill? Damian Collins MP unpacks the evidence heard from Will Perrin, Dr Edina Harbinja, Prof. Clare McGlynn, Sonia Livingstone, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and ICO's Stephen Bonner.

The so-called Children's Code has just come into force in the UK. The Age-appropriate design code aims to protect children online by making digital services accessed by children comply with standards that safeguard children from being tracked and profiled. This includes toys, games and edtech but also social media and video sharing platforms. Changes have already been made by the likes of FB, TikTok and Instagram that will be implemented worldwide. Professor Sonia Livingstone from the LSE, a specialist in children's digital rights, is on live. The rise of telemedicine in China China adopted a digital health code earlier this year and has seen a massive increase in the use of tech for healthcare since the start of the COVID pandemic. Reporter Yuan Ren explains how this rise is taking the pressure off the heavily burdened public healthcare system, despite higher costs to the patient but it's also driving a demand for online doctors and changing the way the Chinese look after their health. China's online gaming limits Our games correspondent Chris Berrow reports on the highly restrictive online gaming clampdown on teenagers announced by the Chinese authorities and how it could bring bigger problems for young people in the future. The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Ghislaine Boddington. Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz (Image credit: Getty Images)

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 and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment. Professor Livingstone currently directs the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation and the Global Kids Online project with UNICEF along with various other prestigious affiliations. Najarian R. Peters is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research interests and teaching areas focus on privacy and emerging technology. Email her at: npeters@law.harvard.edu or Najarian.peters@ku.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

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 and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment. Professor Livingstone currently directs the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation and the Global Kids Online project with UNICEF along with various other prestigious affiliations. Najarian R. Peters is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research interests and teaching areas focus on privacy and emerging technology. Email her at: npeters@law.harvard.edu or Najarian.peters@ku.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

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 and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment. Professor Livingstone currently directs the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation and the Global Kids Online project with UNICEF along with various other prestigious affiliations. Najarian R. Peters is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research interests and teaching areas focus on privacy and emerging technology. Email her at: npeters@law.harvard.edu or Najarian.peters@ku.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/technology

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 and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment. Professor Livingstone currently directs the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation and the Global Kids Online project with UNICEF along with various other prestigious affiliations. Najarian R. Peters is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research interests and teaching areas focus on privacy and emerging technology. Email her at: npeters@law.harvard.edu or Najarian.peters@ku.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

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 and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment. Professor Livingstone currently directs the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation and the Global Kids Online project with UNICEF along with various other prestigious affiliations. Najarian R. Peters is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research interests and teaching areas focus on privacy and emerging technology. Email her at: npeters@law.harvard.edu or Najarian.peters@ku.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

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 and opportunities, media literacy and rights in the digital environment. Professor Livingstone currently directs the Digital Futures Commission with the 5Rights Foundation and the Global Kids Online project with UNICEF along with various other prestigious affiliations. Najarian R. Peters is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kansas and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. Her research interests and teaching areas focus on privacy and emerging technology. Email her at: npeters@law.harvard.edu or Najarian.peters@ku.edu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Professor 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.

Who 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 digital environment, including The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age.Nowadays, we point fingers at parents too quickly for not really knowing how to introduce and manage their children's technology consumption. Why are technology education classes missing in school, and how are parents supposed to figure this all out on their own? This question can also be summarized by "Who is educating the educators?"For generations, our society could count on learning from the past how to educate children about specific topics laid in the past experience that parents and grandparents had. Still, once you place the technology variable in the equation, the formula doesn't hold anymore. There are unknowns, exponential changes, and a future that all of a sudden is already here. What was once local has become global. And, there is a generational gap, and we have to figure out how to fill it ASAP.In "Parenting for a Digital Future, How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives"Sonia Livingstone discusses this and much more, and we talk about it right here in this podcast.How parents' hopes and fears about technology shape their children's lives? Taking a comparative, critical, and contextualized approach, her research examines how mediation's changing conditions are reshaping everyday practices and possibilities for action.ABOUT THE BOOKIn 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 research with a range of parents in the UK to reveal how digital technologies characterize parenting in late modernity, as parents determine how to forge new territory with little precedent or support.They chart how parents often enact authority and values through digital technologies since "screen time," games, and social media have become both ways of being together and of setting boundaries. Parenting for a Digital Future moves beyond the panicky headlines to offer a deeply researched exploration of what it means to parent in a period of significant social and technological change.Enjoy, share, and think about it.GuestSonia Livingstone,  Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics (@Livingstone_S on Twitter)This Episode's SponsorsNintex: https://itspm.ag/itspntwebBlue Lava: https://itspm.ag/blue-lava-w2qsResourcesChildren's Rights in the Digital AgeDigital Futures CommissionChildren Online: Research & Evidence (CO:RE)ySKILLS (YouthSkills)The Nurture NetworkGlobal Kids OnlineFor more podcast stories from Audio Signals: https://www.itspmagazine.com/audio-signalsTo see and hear more Redefining Technology stories on ITSPmagazine, visit:https://www.itspmagazine.com/redefining-technologyAre you interested in sponsoring an ITSPmagazine Channel?https://www.itspmagazine.com/podcast-series-sponsorships

Who 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 digital environment, including The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age.Nowadays, we point fingers at parents too quickly for not really knowing how to introduce and manage their children's technology consumption. Why are technology education classes missing in school, and how are parents supposed to figure this all out on their own? This question can also be summarized by "Who is educating the educators?"For generations, our society could count on learning from the past how to educate children about specific topics laid in the past experience that parents and grandparents had. Still, once you place the technology variable in the equation, the formula doesn't hold anymore. There are unknowns, exponential changes, and a future that all of a sudden is already here. What was once local has become global. And, there is a generational gap, and we have to figure out how to fill it ASAP.In "Parenting for a Digital Future, How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives"Sonia Livingstone discusses this and much more, and we talk about it right here in this podcast.How parents' hopes and fears about technology shape their children's lives? Taking a comparative, critical, and contextualized approach, her research examines how mediation's changing conditions are reshaping everyday practices and possibilities for action.ABOUT THE BOOKIn 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 research with a range of parents in the UK to reveal how digital technologies characterize parenting in late modernity, as parents determine how to forge new territory with little precedent or support.They chart how parents often enact authority and values through digital technologies since "screen time," games, and social media have become both ways of being together and of setting boundaries. Parenting for a Digital Future moves beyond the panicky headlines to offer a deeply researched exploration of what it means to parent in a period of significant social and technological change.Enjoy, share, and think about it.GuestSonia Livingstone,  Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics (@Livingstone_S on Twitter)This Episode's SponsorsNintex: https://itspm.ag/itspntwebBlue Lava: https://itspm.ag/blue-lava-w2qsResourcesChildren's Rights in the Digital AgeDigital Futures CommissionChildren Online: Research & Evidence (CO:RE)ySKILLS (YouthSkills)The Nurture NetworkGlobal Kids OnlineFor more podcast stories from Audio Signals: https://www.itspmagazine.com/audio-signalsTo see and hear more Redefining Technology stories on ITSPmagazine, visit:https://www.itspmagazine.com/redefining-technologyAre you interested in sponsoring an ITSPmagazine Channel?https://www.itspmagazine.com/podcast-series-sponsorships

Children & 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.

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?

In this safeguarding podcast we discuss with Sonia Livingstone OBE her book "Parenting for a Digital Future". How can parents derive maximum benefit for their children from the phenomenon of the risk-infused online space and digital technology in general? Is "screen time" relevant? Is it true that today's children, born into a world with an iPad holders on prams, are digital natives and are their parents digital immigrants and either way, what does that mean?

Parents 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.   What You'll Learn In This Episode: What type of digital parent are you? Why there are strict guidelines for parents around the quantity of your kids screen time and why we are not using it correctly. How to promote a joint-engagement in your family What the research really says about your kids screen time use How to identify when it's too much for your child What to do about your teenagers overuse of their phones at home?  It's not what you might think.... A child's right in this digital world Safety concerns & tips around your child's internet use Screen time with relatives, in the car and in public spaces... And Much More...   Click Here to access the ressources & notes about this episode  Subscribe to our newsletter  Join the Citrus Love Facebook Community HERE

When 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 to learn more about how today's families are coping with technology.

When 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 to learn more about how today’s families are coping with technology.

Reflecting 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/

Sonia 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.

Sonia 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.

Some 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.

Some 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.

Vivemos 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, tenta entender o fenômeno dos Youtubers mirins. Leia o artigo Leia as publicações mais recentes de Sonia Livingstone, recomendado no quadro Autor da Semana.

Larry 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 Facebook

Larry 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 Facebook

Many 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.

Many 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.

For women of colour, planting is becoming a popular way to establish ownership and celebrate cultural heritage. Aimée Grant Cumberbatch, founder of Grown, a gardening club for women of colour, and Flo Headlam, professional gardener and BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World’s first black presenter discuss. Ten organisations across the UK including Rape Crisis and End Violence Against Women have issued a joint statement about the impact Covid-19 could have on the lives of women and children. Women's Aid, Lucy Hadley on what action they would like to see taken. Dr Camilla Pang was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight. Now aged 26, and with a PhD in biochemistry, she has used her specialist scientific knowledge to identify what it really means to be human in her new book, 'Explaining Humans'. Why do we choose the clothes we do? In her new book, ‘Dress Your Best Life’, the American fashion psychologist Dawnn Karen explains how our clothing is the ‘connective tissue’ between the physical and emotional. How can parents help their children navigate the constant stream of information about Covid-19 online? Sonia Livingstone, professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics and an expert in digital literacy in children, and GP Dr Radha Modgil discuss. How is Covid-19 affecting regular Woman's Hour listeners? We hear from Mercy Haruna. Exercising when you're isolated at home. Fitness instructor Rosemary Mallace of Over Fifty Fitness and Professor Janet Lord, an expert in muscle health and immunity from the University of Birmingham, about why keeping moving is particularly important as you get older, and what you can do to exercise at home. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Dianne McGregor

More money has been made available across the UK to help rough sleepers during the Covid-19 pandemic. But is enough being done to help the thousands of women and children who are in temporary accommodation? What’s being done to protect the thousands of “hidden homeless” who find themselves in B&B’s. Jenni speaks to Tina who is “sofa-surfing” with her 5 year old daughter, and to Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter and Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, CEO of The Wallich, a homelessness charity in Wales about the particular difficulties women find themselves in. Set in 1950s London, Louise Hare talks about her debut novel, This Lovely City about the Windrush generation. How can parents help their children navigate the constant stream of information about Covid-19 online? And how can children learn to spot useful fact from dangerous fiction? Sonia Livingstone is a professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics and an expert in digital literacy in children, and Dr Radha Modgil is a GP who discusses how to reduce anxiety and keep trust alive in an era of non-expert influencers and fake news. Presenter; Jenni Murray Producer: Dianne McGregor

UNICEF's 10-part special podcast series on "The Future of Childhood" - to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this episode, Sarah Crowe, speaks to Sonia Livingston, Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, on the future of CRC and new parenting.     

Maitrayee 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/2ZGnXDC

Maitrayee 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/2ZGnXDC

In this safeguarding podcast, Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE discusses the Online Harms white paper, whether the UNCRC is fit for the digital age and why the USA hasn't signed up to it, whether the FTC's COPPA "digital age of consent" should be raised to 16 and why it's 13 in the first place, and how social media companies are abusing children's privacy as detailed in her report "Children's Data and Privacy Online; Growing up in a Digital Age".

'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. #Parentland

In 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

Professor 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.

How 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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The 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 separate montages of those answers. The second appears here, with answers – presented alphabetically – from Bites’ guests ranging from Sarah Franklin to Angela MacRobbie. Their answers are similarly diverse. Sociologist Franklin, for example, who studies reproductive technology, namechecked two greats – Marilyn Strethern and Donna Haraway -- who directly laid the foundation for Franklin’s own work. “I would hope,” she reflected, “that I could continue toward those ways of thinking about those issues now and in the future.” David Goldblatt meanwhile, who studies the sociology of football, picked influencers whose contributions are apparent in his work but less academically straightforward. He chose The Communist Manifesto (“the idea that history was structured and organized has never left me”) and the first 60 pages of American novelist Don DeLillo’s Underworld, which describes ‘the Shot Heard Round the World,” a famous home run from baseball’s 1951 World Series. Goldblatt terms it the “greatest piece of sports writing ever.” Other guests in this 15-munte podcast recall important studies that set the scene for their own work, or important figures that left them wanting to emulate their scholarship. And not everyone cited academics in their own fields. Witness Peter Lunt citing Ludwig Wittgenstein and MacRobbie Michel Focault, while Jennifer Hochschild named an historian, Edmund Sears Morgan. She called his American Slavery, American Freedom “a wonderful book, everyone should read it – including the footnotes.” The book’s thesis, that “you had to invent slavery in order to be able to invent liberalism,” sticks with her to this day. Other Bites interviewees in this podcast include Jonathan Haidt, Sarah Harper, Rom Harre, Bruce Hood, Daniel Kahneman, Sonia Livingstone, Anna Machin and Trevor Marchand. To hear the first montage, click HERE.  *** Social Science Bites is made in association with SAGE Publishing. For a complete listing of past Social Science Bites podcasts, click HERE. You can follow Bites on Twitter @socialscibites and David Edmonds @DavidEdmonds100

Sonia 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. These might be overcome with a more child-centered or even child-rights approach to the digital age.

What 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.

This 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 deepening or otherwise underpinning such connections?

This 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 deepening or otherwise underpinning such connections?

Professor Sonia Livingstone discusses why she was drawn to this area of research

Professor Sonia Livingstone explains the risks of unregulated access to information from net

Professor Sonia Livingstone feels the benefits outweigh the risks

Professor Sonia Livingstone discuss what other factors contribute to child safety

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 society.

How are children using the Internet? How is it affecting them? Sonia Livingstone, who has overseen a major study of children's behaviour online discusses these issues with Nigel Warburton in this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast. Social Science Bites is made in association with SAGE.