How digital technologies impact young children, and new ways to think about the ethical and safety measures that govern their use of technology, with Professor Vicki Nash and Professor Katya Hertog (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford)
In the third episode of the OII Podcast, our experts discuss topics such as:
- The evolving nature of digital technologies in childrens' lives, and how these tools offer both opportunities for social connection, and potential exposure to harmful content.
- The unintended consequences of parental controls of children's technology use, and children's perspectives on parental monitoring tools.
- How regulatory measures are protecting children from online threats and preparing them for life online, and where the gaps in policy may be.
Vicki Nash is the Oxford Internet Institute's Director and a Senior Policy Fellow. Her research focuses on the opportunities and risks experienced by children using digital technologies; she also leads OII engagement on Internet regulation and digital policy issues. She holds several digital policy advisory roles, including membership of the UK Government’s multi-stakeholder UK Council on Internet Safety (UKCIS) Evidence Group, and serves on the Advisory Board of COADEC. She is frequently called on to give expert evidence in UK and EU policy consultations on broader issues such as platform governance.
Professor Katya Hertog is Associate Professor in AI and Society at the Oxford Internet Institute. Her research interests lie at the intersection of digital sociology and family sociology. She leads the ESRC-funded DomesticAI project that scopes new technologies’ potential to free up time now locked into unpaid domestic labour and measures how willing people are to introduce these technologies into their private lives.
Veena McCoole is Media and Communications Manager for the Oxford Internet Institute.
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