11: The Year of the Screen

Vicki and Geraldine round up a digital year like no other and look at the government’s end-of-year proposals for regulating the internet.Talking points:What have been the big issues for families online in 2020?The government has announced its latest proposals for regulating tech companies - are they the right ones?What can we expect from 2021?Thanks ago so much for all your help this year. It’s been really fun. Have a lovely, if somewhat reduced, Christmas, and a happy new year - and look forward to picking up the podcast again in 2021,Tech Shock is a Parent Zone production. Follow Parent Zone on social media for all the latest on our work on helping families to thrive in the digital age. Presented by Vicki Shotbolt. Tech Shock is produced and edited by Tim Malster.wwwTwitterFacebookInstagram

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Tech Shock: Everything you always wanted to know about tech and family life.Podcasting from Parent Zone,the media literacy experts, host Vicki Shotbolt  explores the upsides and downsides of family life in the digital age. With a range of expert guests she looks at online harms to children ranging from pornography to gambling and at what should be done about them. Incurably optimistic, Vicki also celebrate the many benefits of tech for children and young people, as she considers how best to live in a world in which family life is now inescapably digital.Listen every Monday, subscribe, and give us a five star review.