Dates and Times
15 February 2021
13:30 - 14:30
Event for
Location
Organiser
Faculty of Arts and Design Research Office
Speakers
Dr Catherine Page Jeffery & Ms Susan Atkinson
Enquiry
Peta Sinclair
Event about:
Faculty of Arts & Design Seminar Series (N&MRC)
Dear Colleagues,
Please join us for our first FAD Seminar Series hosted by the N&MRC.
Date: Monday 15 February 2021
Time: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Location: 1A21 (Theatrette next to Mizzuna Café)
**If you are unable to attend in person or one of your interstate/international colleagues would like to attend the seminar, please have them contact nmrc@canberra.edu.au and a Zoom link to the seminar will be sent**
Additional Information
Presenters
Dr Catherine Page Jeffery & Ms Susan Atkinson
Title
Safe Online Together Project: An Integrated Approach to Navigating the Risks and Opportunities of Digital Media for Families and Young People
Abstract
In 2020, researchers from the News and Media Research Centre, in partnership with two local community services organisations, were awarded $118,000 as part of the federal government’s Online Safety Grants Program, which provides funding to non-government organisations to deliver online safety education to children, young people and their communities. In this seminar, Catherine Page Jeffery and Sue Atkinson will provide an overview of the Safe Online project, which aims to develop and deliver a series of evidence-based, innovative workshops, school presentations and online resources to provide families with school-aged children with the skills to balance the risks and opportunities of digital technologies and reduce family conflict around technology use. Through this project, we aim to change the perception of young people as vulnerable risk takers in the online environment, and instead support them to share their knowledge about managing their online presence with younger peers and families. Our goal is to facilitate intergenerational discussion to enhance the relevance of strategies to minimise risks and increase uptake of online opportunities to children and young people’s actual experiences online.
Biographies
Catherine Page Jeffery is a lecturer in communication and media at the University of Canberra. Her research examines parental anxieties and perspectives regarding their children’s digital media use. She used to work in media regulation and cyber safety education.
Susan Atkinson
is a senior strategic communication consultant and experienced former federal public servant. She is currently finishing her Masters of Strategic Communication, undertaking research and working on a number of projects with the News & Media Research Centre at UC, including the Safe Online Together project. Her research focuses on the use of social media in bushfire communication particularly on understanding community information needs and the use of images and infographics to increase community resilience.
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