Tech Shock - from Parent Zone

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4. What exactly is media literacy?

Vicki and Geraldine discuss why media literacy is having a moment. When Parent Zone asked teachers to define media literacy, many couldn’t do so. What do we mean by media literacy - and what does it look like in practice?Talking points:Media literacy has been yoked to the Online Safety Bill from the outset - but now it’s been taken out of the Bill, to be dealt with elsewhere. Is the government downgrading media literacy?What’s the difference between online safety and media literacy?Is media l...

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  Smartphone bans: the professional perspective

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  Smartphone bans: what are young people saying?

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  1. The minimal digital living standard

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  Smartphone bans for under-16s: the parent perspective

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  7. Season roundup, with VoiceBox

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  6. The secrets of search

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  5. Young people and the emerging gender divide

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  4. The debate surrounding screen time, with Pete Etchells

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  3. The ‘wicked problem’ of child financial harms

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  2. Katie Davis

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  1. Has media literacy’s time finally come?

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  7. Sharenting

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  6. A problem hiding in plain sight?

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  5. The respectable face of the porn industry?

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  4. Money muling

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  3. Romancing the bot