How does Digital Media Affect our Children? with Dr Velislava Hillman ReThink Podcast

The internet and social media are a hallmark of modern society. A plethora of tools exists to help us consume, create, edit and curate the swathes of data available at our fingertips. But how has this renaissance of information affected younger generations? Are children more adept at navigating cyberspace? Or are we the ones who need to reTHINK cyberculture?We discuss with Dr Velislava Hillman who, throughout her research, she has reinforced the need to voice children’s and young people’s perspectives and experiences.Further ReadingJean Twenge - Generation Me and The Narcissism Epidemichttps://www.bookdepository.com/Narcissism-Epidemic-W-Keith-Campbell/9781416575993http://www.jeantwenge.com/the-narcissism-epidemic-book-by-dr-jean-twenge/Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalismhttps://www.bookdepository.com/Age-Surveillance-Capitalism-Professor-Shoshana-Zuboff/9781781256855https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/03/harvard-professor-says-surveillance-capitalism-is-undermining-democracy/Commonsense Media -https://www.commonsensemedia.org/Facebook Likes can predict personality traitshttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/235906499_Private_traits_and_attributes_are_predictable_from_digital_records_of_human_behaviorSonia Livingstone - Global Kids Onlinehttp://globalkidsonline.net/about/members/sonia-livingstone/Digital Futures Commissionhttps://digitalfuturescommission.org.uk/How China is using A.I. in the Classroomhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMLsHI8aV0g