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Moral Panics and Technology

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Content provided by Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, Dr Liam Challenor, Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, and Dr Liam Challenor. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, Dr Liam Challenor, Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, and Dr Liam Challenor or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In this episode we focus on moral panics about technology use and how this is driven by media reporting and societal discourse. We break down the actual research behind some of these panics, and look at what we do know about how tech is impacting us.

Support resources
If you have been affected by the content of this episode in any way, the supports at the link below may be of assistance. If you are not in Ireland, please seek supports local to you.
Irish Health Service Executive mental health supports

Key papers & recommendations for reading

Amy Orben: The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics

Campbell & colleagues: Evidence for and against banning mobile phones in schools: A scoping review

Amy Orben & Andrew Przybylski: The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use

Book recommendation
Pete Etchells: Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time (and how to spend it better)

Spurious correlations website

  continue reading

16 episodes

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Manage episode 473192283 series 3654223
Content provided by Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, Dr Liam Challenor, Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, and Dr Liam Challenor. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, Dr Liam Challenor, Dr Nicola Fox Hamilton, and Dr Liam Challenor or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

In this episode we focus on moral panics about technology use and how this is driven by media reporting and societal discourse. We break down the actual research behind some of these panics, and look at what we do know about how tech is impacting us.

Support resources
If you have been affected by the content of this episode in any way, the supports at the link below may be of assistance. If you are not in Ireland, please seek supports local to you.
Irish Health Service Executive mental health supports

Key papers & recommendations for reading

Amy Orben: The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics

Campbell & colleagues: Evidence for and against banning mobile phones in schools: A scoping review

Amy Orben & Andrew Przybylski: The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use

Book recommendation
Pete Etchells: Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time (and how to spend it better)

Spurious correlations website

  continue reading

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