There is growing concern about the role of social media in ‘radicalising’ your people. But the government’s response to this phenomenon is contradictory and likely to prove ineffective. Here’s why we need a more thoughtful approach.
Category Archives: Children Youth and Media
Rush to hysteria: challenging the sugar rush
Amid the growing hysteria about childhood obesity, sugar seems to be the new heroin. Yet the official statistics on obesity paint a rather different picture. Inequality, rather than advertising, is the main culprit.
Teen sexting: from moral panic to legal absurdity
‘Sexting’ has become the focus of a new moral panic. Yet responses to this apparent problem have become increasingly contradictory and absurd. We need a more considered educational response.
Oh no! It’s an Oh My Vlog blog!
The world of young YouTube vloggers points to the limitations of optimistic claims about ‘digital creativity’.
Sex-crazed teens: challenging the hype
Amid some exaggerated concern about the ‘sexualisation’ of girls, Joel Best and Katherine Bogle’s book ‘Kids Gone Wild’ offers a good dose of sanity and critical thinking.
David Buckingham 