Tech Shock - from Parent Zone

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1. Has media literacy’s time finally come?

In 2024, the year of many elections, governments across the world are bracing themselves for an onslaught of disinformation. Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Julian McDougall of Bournemouth University about whether media literacy is finally poised to break free of its Cinderella status.Talking points:Why do politicians both sneer at media literacy and grab onto it as the answer to online harms?How do you measure the impact of media literacy when success is so often about what doesn’t hap...

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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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  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