Join us at this thought-provoking event for the United Nations, World Telecommunications Day, to discuss the good and bad sides of social media.
Hear from Dr Indrani Lahiri, De Montfort University : Digital Society and Resilience
Digitally connected individuals, and communities, are using the digital space to co-exist globally. We have noticed that communities have created digital networks collaboratively to facilitate interactions, share concerns, play games, and support one another to stay strong by arranging to collect prescriptions and do shopping for people who are shielding. These social innovations are co-created, co-produced, and co-designed by communities for communities. To further build social capacities we need to develop community models globally, based on cost-effective, digitally mediated survival techniques. This talk explores some of the recent findings from projects and suggests that digital literacy is an important component of a digital society that can contribute towards resilience building.
Dr Giuliana Tiripelli, De Montfort University: Social media and the Information Society in the new millennium: Global approaches to the constructive potential of digital networks in the crisis age
Social media are an essential component of the information society of the new millennium, but their impact is often destructive and polarising. This talk revises research about information society and networked communities, and it discusses approaches to digital interaction that can support communities during times of crisis.
Dr Amanda Wilson, De Montfort University, Pinky Rajput, Deputy Head of Services, Victim First / Catch 22 & Ezra Francis, Youth Worker, Victim First / Catch 22: ‘It is not your fault, tell someone': Case Studies of Young Women's Experiences of Online Grooming in England
Victim First/Catch 22 is a free, independent and confidential service for victims and witnesses of crime across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our presentation will share accounts from two case studies of young women ages 12 and 16, who survived experiences of being groomed by adult men unbeknownst to them. The project worked with Victim First/Catch 22 as co-creators of knowledge and to allow for safeguarding expertise to be transferred and incorporated into the research project's design. Advice from the young women and the knowledge they gleaned from the experience will be shared to not only keep other young people safe online but to also let young people know if they do experience online grooming that it is not their fault, they should not be ashamed and they should tell a trusted adult.
Bookings will close 1 hour prior to the start of the event, and registrants will receive a link to join the online event 24 hours before the event, via their provided email address.
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This event is open to all.