Tuesday 11 February 2014

Online risk, harm and vulnerability: Reflections on the evidence base for child Internet safety policy

Excerpt:
 
"Implicitly, if not always explicitly, policy initiatives assume particular motives,
knowledge and practices on the part of children. These assumptions may be well
founded or, instead, unnecessarily anxious or already dated. If we think young people are living their leisure lives alone in their bedrooms, we will take a different view
of social support they may need compared with if we see them as richly embedded
in their peer group. If we see them as strong and able to cope with what life throws
at them, the policy agenda will take a different direction compared with if we see
them as at risk. Here lies the value of direct research with children and their lifeworld
online as well as offline"

http://www.ehu.es/zer/hemeroteca/pdfs/zer35-01-livingstone.pdf?utm_source=Young+and+Well+CRC&utm_campaign=8b035c4c70-UPDATE_20130310&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0473a717df-8b035c4c70-317580345

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk

 

Friday 7 February 2014

PSYCHOTHERAPY 2.0 Where Psychotherapy and Technology Meet



‘This book explores the implications of the digital world for talking
therapies. It covers both the theoretical and the practical, from the way
the internet might challenge and change current practice, to thinking about
the legalities and training required to set up as an online practitioner. The
book also covers the exciting new ways in which digital technology is
extending our concept of therapy to include new communities, new ways of working, and delivering support. It’s
written with a broad audience in mind, so whether you’re just starting to learn about digital technologies, or are
a fully-immersed “digital native”, this book will have something for you.’
– Jen Hyatt, CEO, Big White Wall Ltd