Tech Shock - from Parent Zone
Tech Shock: Everything you always wanted to know about tech and family life.Podcasting from Parent Zone,the media literacy experts, host Vicki Shotbolt explores the upsides and downsides of family life in the digital age. With a range of expert guests she looks at online harms to children ranging from pornography to gambling and at what should be done about them. Incurably optimistic, Vicki also celebrate the many benefits of tech for children and young people, as she considers how best to live in a world in which family life is now inescapably digital.Listen every Monday, subscribe, and give us a five star review.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 124
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
23: Can design make the internet safer?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Sarah Drummond of design agency Snook about baking safety into the design of tech products and services.
Talking points:
How far can designers affect our online experiences?
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00:50:47 |
Sun 04 Apr 2021
22: Surveillance capitalism - an idea that won’t stand up?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Sam Gilbert, fintech entrepreneur, Cambridge researcher, and author of the radical new book, Good Data, about why he takes issue with the fashionable idea of surveillance …
00:52:36 |
Sun 28 Mar 2021
21: True or False?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Nicola Aitken of Full Fact about misinformation - and how we can possibly tell what’s true online.
Talking points:
Who is attracted to misinformation?
What psychological need…
00:30:55 |
Mon 22 Mar 2021
20: Bot Detectives
Can machines make the online world a better place? Vicki and Geraldine talk to Ian Stevenson, CEO of OSTIA (the Online Safety Tech Industry Association) about whether a British innovation success can…
00:37:47 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
19: Addicted!
Why are we facing a gambling - and now gaming - addiction crisis? Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Henrietta Bowden-Jones, founder of the first NHS gambling disorders clinic and also the first N…
00:43:09 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
18: What about the rest of the world?
The UK is trying to regulate the internet - but much will depend on what happens globally. Vicki and Geraldine talk to Max Beverton-Palmer of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change about how much…
00:31:43 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
17: How can we rescue education post-pandemic?
Lockdown learning has deepened and sharpened inequality. Vicki and Geraldine talk to Rebecca Montacute of the Sutton Trust about whether we can fix that.
Talking points:
Why do so many children still n…
00:36:58 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
16: How can we balance children’s right to be online with their right to be safe?
As the UNHCR announces that children’s rights apply online, Vicki and Geraldine talk to Tony Stower of 5Rights about what that means for for tech companies, policymakers and parents.
Talking points:
- …
00:43:16 |
Mon 15 Feb 2021
15: Video games: the best thing that ever happened to family life?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Andy Robertson, author of Taming Gaming.
Talking points:
- Should parents stop worrying about the time children spend gaming?
- Can parents learn to love video games?
- Should…
Talking points:
- Should parents stop worrying about the time children spend gaming?
- Can parents learn to love video games?
- Should…
00:41:52 |
Mon 08 Feb 2021
14: Reasons to be Cheerful
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Dave Coplin, self proclaimed pragmatic optimist, about why we shouldn’t be scared of tech.
Talking points:
What to do about big data?
Can we solve algorithmic bias?
Are old wa…
Talking points:
What to do about big data?
Can we solve algorithmic bias?
Are old wa…
00:50:00 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
13: Whatever happened to Digital Inclusion?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Chi Onwurah, Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Digital about digital poverty, the impact of social media on democracy, and whether we should feel positive about Br…
00:23:43 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
12: Remote Learning - How could we be doing it better?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Tom Rose of Oak National Academy about what we need to do next to ensure children get the best online learning.
Talking points
Should we have been doing blended learning soo…
00:35:10 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
11: The Year of the Screen
Vicki and Geraldine round up a digital year like no other and look at the government’s end-of-year proposals for regulating the internet.
Talking points:
What have been the big issues for families onli…
00:18:21 |
Mon 28 Dec 2020
10: Are The Anti-vaxxers Winning?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Professor Helen Bedford of Great Ormond Street about online anti-vaccination campaigns and what they mean for the Covid vaccination rollout.
Talking points:
Has there always…
00:26:48 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
9: What Can Be Done About Online Hate?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Joe Mulhall of 'Hope Not Hate' about the threat of the far-right online.
Talking points:
- are different types of platform are facilitating hate speech in different ways?
- a…
00:32:53 |
Mon 14 Dec 2020
8: What kind of world will children face, and how can we prepare them?
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 lear…
Talking points:
Why do parents worry so much about screen time?
Should children be lear…
00:48:00 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
7: Should Parents Feel So Guilty?
This week, Vicki and Geraldine talk about screen time and other guilt-inducing aspects of family life online.
Talking points:
Why is play not seen as play when it’s online?
Is it just that the technolog…
00:24:23 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
6: Are There Too Many Men on the Internet?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Casey Calista from Glitch, whose recent research found that online abuse of women and non-binary people increased during lockdown.
Why is online abuse not seen as real abus…
Why is online abuse not seen as real abus…
00:39:22 |
Mon 23 Nov 2020
5: Can the Government Stop Internet Harms?
Vicki and Geraldine talk to Will Perrin of Carnegie UK Trust about the upcoming (sometime soon!) Digital Harms Bill. What are the ideas behind the government’s proposals? Will they work?
Talking poin…
00:45:45 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
4: Are Children Being Ripped Off By Online Games?
Vicki and Geraldine look at the links between loot boxes and gambling.
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00:22:19 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
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