Smartphone Nation: How Social Media Manipulates Us with Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

About this episode

The episode explores how social media manipulates users and discusses the implications of personal data usage.

In this episode, we discuss how social media manipulates us, 'sharenting', how the algorithm takes and uses our personal information as well as our personal data and more. Dr Kaitlyn Regehr is a renowned expert in digital and AI literacy. She’s an Associate Professor and the Program Director of Digital Humanities at University College London. Dr Regehr appears regularly in the media as an expert on this subject, including in USA Today, The Economist, and on BBC News, ITV, BBC Woman’s Hour, and Channel 4. She is a prominent voice in the media, a key influence in public policy circles, and a mother of two. Buy her book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smartphone-Nation-Addicted-Screens-About/dp/1035069040 If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation, then please email us: unquestionablepod@gmail.com Find us here: Twitter: @unquestionpod Instagram: @unquestionablepod Tik Tok: @unquestionablepod Facebook: @unquestionablepodcast Youtube: @unquestionablepod  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Giles Paley-Phillips, Sophie Green

Guest: Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

Topics covered

• social media manipulation
• digital literacy
• personal data
• sharenting
• AI literacy

Keywords

• social media
• manipulation
• digital literacy
• personal data
• sharenting
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University College London, USA Today, The Economist, BBC News, ITV, BBC Woman’s Hour, Channel 4

Products: Smartphone Nation

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