Ep 52: Media violence, cyberbullying, edtech

Hello, and sorry once again for the delay in this episode’s appearance. It seems once you get just a little bit out of synch, it’s really hard to get your momentum back up.

Hopefully this episode will be worth the wait as it deals with some important issues. Paper Round is about the link between media violence and cyberbullying: if you watch or play lots of violent content are you more likely to become a bully? This piece of research suggests you are, but it’s not a direct or simple relationship.

Then we Zoom Out to talk to Julie Liddell, a US lawyer who has established a law firm to challenge the data practices of educational technology firms in schools over there. Do you think that your child’s school should be able to consent to the collection of your child’s data, in the context of a compulsory tablet or laptop program, without consulting you?

To find out what Julie thinks (and what she thinks US law thinks), be sure to tune in.

In between times, Glenn gives us a review of the Lego Movie: The Second Part, suitable for children aged 8 and over.

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Show notes

Kansas paper: CP Barlett, ‘Testing the direct and indirect relationship between media violence exposure and cyberbullying perpetration’ (2024) 13(4) Psychology of Popular Media 767–772 https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000524

Lego Movie 2 review: https://childrenandmedia.org.au/movie-reviews/movies/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part

Lego Movie 2 availability in Australia: https://www.flicks.com.au/movie/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part/

Zooming Out details: Edtech litigation https://edtech.law/cases/nonconsensual-student-data-mining-powerschool-and-ixl-learning/

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